John Kelly: Rex Tillerson Was on the Toilet When I Told Him He’d Be Getting Fired
John Kelly: Rex Tillerson Was on the Toilet When I Told Him He’d Be Getting Fired
The White House chief of staff shared the story with a room of reporters and Trump administration officials Friday.
Reporters gathered at the White House on Friday were stunned when Chief of Staff John Kelly shared a very embarrassing story about outgoing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
The reporters were there with senior White House officials for an off-the-record meeting with Kelly, who was attempting to tamp down speculation about an impending administration staff purge . The Daily Beast was not invited, but was briefed on its contents by three sources with knowledge of the meeting.
According to those sources, Kelly recounted a very awkward conversation with Tillerson during which he informed the secretary that President Donald Trump would very likely soon fire him. The awkwardness was less a result of the contents of the conversation than its setting.
Tillerson, Kelly told the room, was suffering from a stomach bug during a diplomatic swing through Africa, and was using a toilet when Kelly broke the news to him.
Sources were stunned that, even in an off-record setting, Kelly would say this—to a room filled with White House officials and political reporters—about Tillerson, who does not officially leave the State Department until the end of the month.
Kelly is routinely touted as one of the more mature members of Trump’s top brass and has often been branded as one of the “adults” in charge.
The comment was especially bizarre given Kelly’s reported past cover for Tillerson. The chief of staff tried for months to keep the secretary of state in his post, The New York Times reported , and fumed at his dismissal.
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Fits right in with our reality tv administration.
Did you know Roosevelt was taking a shit when Pearl Harbor was attacked?
Kelly's account is false. Again he lies to cover for Trump.
How vulgarian of Kelly to say such a thing about Tillerson. Hasn't everyone had about enough of this nonsense?
Normally I'd agree with you, but if you think about it, after dealing with Trump wouldn't your 1st response be to head for the toilet? Remember that your body tries to get rid of any poisonous foreign bodies, like eating raw chicken or listening to Trump, it is a simple biological response to all the bullshit and poison you just had to take in.
I say bullshit. Not convinced. I can find no credible accounts to corroborate such a vulgar, gratuitous comment from a chief of staff.
I need to see a video, hear a recording or get an account from a credible news source to accept this as valid.
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I had already located that and much more before I wrote my comment. When I researched this I found The Daily Beast and then other sites referencing The Daily Beast as the original news source.
Ergo my comment:
Note also what the Daily Beast (the apparent news source) stated:
The original reporting source, The Daily Beast, is saying it heard this from three sources with "knowledge of the meeting". From this it wrote its content devoid, sensational headline and other sites proceeded to lunch onto the Daily Beast's account.
You find this credible?? You really do not think one can make this up??
Before I consider this news, I need to either hear this coming from Kelly's mouth (likely never going to happen) or review a report from a credible news source. Call me a skeptic, but I do not buy this.
Your comment is mystifying. The Daily Beast is a credible news source. There have been countless "off the record" revelations made about the Trump administration. Many have been leaks from within.
If it makes you happier though , we can just assume Kelly was lying again when he said that about Tillerson.
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Why? I explained it quite clearly. Again look at the meat of the source.
That fact that you cannot understand why I am skeptical about this is amusing.
Forget about partisan politics (because I certainly am not looking at this from a partisan perspective). Try to be objective and explain how you are not skeptical about such an unlikely story based on such vague hearsay (as described). This would be a good test of independent thinking - how a partisan (such as yourself) can question a story (that the partisan would likely prefer to be true) on its merits (or lack thereof). You gotta admit this foundation is pretty weak at least, right?
By the way, if we find credible information to accept this as true, I will immediately shift into a comment of disgust and disapproval directed at Kelly. But first let's see some evidence that this is true.
As I said, there have been countless stories, later proved true or not disputed, leaked from this administration. The fact that The Daily Beast was not at the interview/meeting is virtually irrelevant. According to them, three people who were at the meeting told them that Kelly said this. This is standard reporting using an anonymous source. It happens every day.
Your opposition to it seems to be based on your belief that Kelly wouldn't say such a thing. I think he has shown over the last six months that he is not a paragon of virtue or necessarily truth. He flat out lied about the Democratic congresswoman and her role in the dedication of the FBI building.
Yes, not just Kelly but ANY chief of staff. This would be a truly brain-dead comment that provides only negative results back at him and his environment. So, yeah, my first thought is why a CoS (or really any public official) would make such a pointless statement. When looking for why I found that this all stems from the Daily Beast who was not actually there but heard it from three 'sources' with 'knowledge of the meeting'.
Bottom line, quit complaining that I have registered rather understandable skepticism. If you think this is factual deliver something and then we can talk.
Isn't that the way it goes? If there weren't anonymous creditable sources with knowledge about any information, the Left wouldn't have any sources at all.
And the many leaks are not necessarily from this Administration as stated above. That's all the more reason to clean house and get rid of those who choose to sabotage this administration. Wonder if Schiff was in the bathroom texting one of his many leaks at the same time?
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I would have the exact response regardless of who was PoTUS or who was CoS. This is just everyday skepticism - not accepting something as true unless the supporting evidence and logic are sufficient.
I understand and agree. I would have the same response. As we generally don't agree on much, I assume we do agree the foundation for truth is evidence, not hearsay. It's completely understandable a video preferably or at least an audio to provide a little more than hearsay from a biased source. Either way, biased left or right sources need to provide evidence.
Yes we do agree.