Trump gets to pick the new Directors of the CIA and the FBI ...
So, Trump is trolling.
The Latest: ExxonMobil CEO and chairman Rex W. Tillerson for Secretary of State
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Tillerson?s business and negotiation skills have put him in close contact with a widely discussed figure in Trump?s election ? Russian President Vladimir Putin.
If Trump really wanted to pursue his campaign goals of bettering U.S. relations with Russia, (Exxon CEO Rex) Tillerson would be someone who could probably carry that out. He?s on pretty good terms with Russia. Jim Krane, an expert on energy geopolitics at Rice University?s Baker Institute for Public Policy
Putin?s association with Tillerson goes back to the 1990s, when Tillerson ran Exxon?s Russian operations. In 2013 the Russian president awarded Tillerson the Order of Friendship, one of Russia?s highest honors for foreigners.
?Anything Trump and Exxon do is going to be controversial,? Krane said. ?If Trump really wanted to pursue his campaign goals of bettering U.S. relations with Russia, Tillerson would be someone who could probably carry that out. He?s on pretty good terms with Russia.?
Read more here: Potential Trump secretary of state and Exxon CEO Tillerson has ties to Russia, Putin | The Charlotte Observer
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Just why did Trump choose Dr. Ben Carson as HUD Secretary?
Welcome to Trump's cabinet from hell. A cabinet whose majority will be a bunch of old rich white men, experienced in corporate governance (a fiefdom) that will be running the biggest global economy and world power of America -- into a ditch most likely.