From Eliot A. Cohen, "The Worst Secretary of State in Living Memory: Rex Tillerson’s successor will inherit the monumental task of cleaning up the mess he’s made of the State Department, " The Atlantic
Image from article, with caption: Rex Tillerson walks out of a room after speaking to reporters on December 1, 2017.
Excerpt:
The administration is not divided into people who are loyal to Trump and those who are not. Rather, it is divided between those who know how to manipulate his vanity, his hatreds, his sensitivities, and those who do not. It is divided between those who think he is their ticket to fame and fortune and those who hope to survive this episode with their reputations more or less intact. It is divided, at the most fundamental level, between those willing to sell their souls completely and at a discount in the service of a man who is doing great damage to American norms and institutions, and those who are trying to get something for their country in return for the slices of honor and integrity that every day they reluctantly consign to the flames. ...
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