Tillerson gone, Trump unleashed

And stand by for Trump to alienate all of America’s main allies by sabotaging a treaty they worked very hard to achieve. Since he has swallowed Saudi Arabia’s argument that Iran is an 'expansionist' power that must be stopped, even direct military clashes between the U.S. and Iran, especially in Syria, become a lot more likely.
Rex Tillerson, pictured on Dec. 19, 2017 on Parliament Hill with Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland after bi-lateral talks in Ottawa, was fired by U.S. President Donald Trump last week. Mr. Tillerson did not suffer fools gladly. He called Donald Trump a 'moron' in a private conversation after one meeting at the Pentagon, and did not take the opportunity to deny it when a journalist asked him in public, writes Gwynne Dyer.

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