Exxon CEO, who has ties to Russia, emerges as Trump's top secretary-of-state candidate
ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson has emerged as the top candidate for secretary of state, according to two people familiar with the deliberations.
Tillerson also has extensive business dealings and ties to Russia, which could pose a potential problem for his nomination. Top Republicans in the Senate and President Barack Obama are pushing for increased scrutiny of Russia's efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election.
As CEO of the world's largest publicly traded company, Tillerson has brokered deals with Russia for drilling rights, which had been imperiled by U.S. sanctions against Moscow after Russia's invasion of Crimea and its actions in Ukraine.
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Tillerson and former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney were two of the finalists, along with former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Giuliani withdrew his name from contention Friday.
it was annnounced tonight that it will be him. Trump tjo confirm that tomorrow.
However, a few days ago when he was mentioned as someone trump was considering, I thought that I should buy some XOM (Exxon-Mobil stock) the next day. But I was feeling lazy and didnt.
Defintely a mistake-- check out what happened to the stock today...
(the one that got way").
LINK to chart