Richard Haass: Tillerson Should Resign

Richard Haass on Wednesday took to Twitter to say that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has been "dealt a bad hand … and played it badly" and therefore "should resign."

Rex Tillerson has been dealt a bad hand by the Potus & has played it badly. For both reasons he cannot be effective SecState & should resign

— Richard N. Haass (@RichardHaass) October 4, 2017

to clarify: would be hard 4 anyone to do well as secstate given policy (leaving TPP,Paris), Potus tweeting, lack of staff & $, WH staff role

— Richard N. Haass (@RichardHaass) October 4, 2017

The tweets from the noted diplomat and president of the Council on Foreign Relations comes amid reported turmoil between Tillerson and President Donald Trump.

NBC News reported that Tillerson nearly quit after Trump's speech to the Boy Scouts, and had called the president "a moron."

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