Trumplomacy: Has Trump sidelined Rex Tillerson?

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

Last month when Rex Tillerson tried to translate "America First" into foreign policy terms for a bemused audience of State Department employees, he probably didn't expect it would come to mean "America Alone."

The secretary of state was, by all accounts, a member of the "Remain Campaign" lobbying against a US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.

So President Trump's "Climate Brexit" was a blow to him - in an ironic twist the fossil fuel company he used to head supports the accord while the government he now represents does not.

It was also a blow to the State Department, and to diplomacy.

How much of a personal setback is not clear because on this, as on other issues, Tillerson kept a low profile.

Twenty-four hours after the decision, the only comment he'd made was an aside at a photo-opportunity. He declared that the US would continue its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and appealed for partners to keep things "in perspective".

Tillerson had previously said the US should "maintain its seat at the table" on international climate conversations, a sensible position for the nation's top diplomat and one that he reportedly maintained in White House debates on the Paris Agreement.

 

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40138740

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Crush-- 

brief but intense infatuation for someone, especially someone unattainable or inappropriate.

"she did have a crush on Dr. Russell"

synonyms:

infatuation, obsession, love, passion; informalpuppy love "a teenage crush"

[CaliCat 3,957]

14 hours ago, ccneat said:

Last month when Rex Tillerson tried to translate "America First" into foreign policy terms for a bemused audience of State Department employees, he probably didn't expect it would come to mean "America Alone."

The secretary of state was, by all accounts, a member of the "Remain Campaign" lobbying against a US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.

So President Trump's "Climate Brexit" was a blow to him - in an ironic twist the fossil fuel company he used to head supports the accord while the government he now represents does not.

It was also a blow to the State Department, and to diplomacy.

How much of a personal setback is not clear because on this, as on other issues, Tillerson kept a low profile.

Twenty-four hours after the decision, the only comment he'd made was an aside at a photo-opportunity. He declared that the US would continue its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and appealed for partners to keep things "in perspective".

Tillerson had previously said the US should "maintain its seat at the table" on international climate conversations, a sensible position for the nation's top diplomat and one that he reportedly maintained in White House debates on the Paris Agreement.

 

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40138740

 

 

Well, the so-called president did say he could do it alone. Maybe he realized he doesn't need the swamp creatures to run his con. 

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

14 hours ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Crush-- 

brief but intense infatuation for someone, especially someone unattainable or inappropriate.

"she did have a crush on Dr. Russell"

synonyms:

infatuation, obsession, love, passion; informalpuppy love "a teenage crush"

I am glad you are coming to terms with you deep abiding love for the president. It does explain how you are able to overlook some of his shortcomings.