In what some have construed as an indication of discord within Trump’s inner circle and other members of his administration, Deputy Assistant Dr. Sebastian Gorka told BBC radio that it is ‘nonsensical’ for Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to weigh in on military matters.
“The idea that Secretary Tillerson is going to discuss military matters is simply nonsensical,” Gorka told BBC radio.
“It is the job of Secretary Mattis, the Secretary of Defense, to talk about the military options, and he has done so uneqivocally… That is his mandate,” Gorka said, adding “Secretary Tillerson is the chief diplomat of the United States, and it is his portfolio to handle those issues.”
In response to several outlets speculating that the comments were shit talking, Gorka corrected the record on Fox – saying his comments were an admonishment to the reporter who asked the question.
Tillerson attempted to perform damage control on Trump’s “fire and fury” comments directed towards North Korea this week, suggesting that Trump was simply using language that would resonate with Kim Jong Un – since I guess everything is an action movie to him.
“I think what the President’s doing is sending a strong message to North Korea, in language that Kim Jong Un would understand, because he doesn’t seem to understand diplomatic language. I think the President just wanted to be clear to the North Korean regime the U.S.’s unquestionable ability to defend itself.” -Rex Tillerson
“I think what the president was just reaffirming is that the United States has the capability to fully defend itself from any attack, and our allies, and we will do so,” said Tillerson, who added “So the American people should sleep well at night.”
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Baffle the toddler pig with horseshit.
This is good cop, bad cop, stuff. Gorka is part of the process. All done to give N Korea no doubt as to the intent of the President, but with options.
Updated title and content to reflect the fact that Gorka was apparently correcting the reporter’s referencing Tillerson’s “fire and fury” comments – not shit talking against Rex.
I’m a big Trump guy, but why does he have a vocabulary of a 10 year old
Those fire and fury comments remind me a lot of last week’s game of thrones. Right?!?
That bull dyke wet dream ‘Game of Cunts’ has nothing to do with anything. Hillary lost.
@jts5362 In this context the message must be one-syllable simple for unmistakably precise translation to Korean.
..being a Secretary of State never stopped Crooked Hillarity shit-talking and weighing on military matters.
That… And you could always predict any hillarity stance. Public War. Personal Power.