Rex Tillerson slams Trump as Pompeo sings his praises

Washington CNN — Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson painted a scathing picture of his old boss President Donald Trump as someone who made uninformed decisions that were not based in reality – a stark contrast to Trump’s top diplomat Mike Pompeo, who is heaping praise on the outgoing President in his final days in office. What may be politically advantageous to Pompeo is that he can tout Trump’s foreign policy successes and stay away from what happened last week because he has no ownership over it, whereas some of his Republican competitors like Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz do.” Tillerson, who has remained relatively quiet about his tenure as Trump’s top diplomat, also made it clear that he is completely at odds with Pompeo when it comes to the Trump administration’s China policy. Tillerson said he “could never understand” Trump’s disparagement of allies. Nor could Tillerson understand Trump’s desire to woo adversaries, he said, noting that the President’s meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un “was one of the last straws between him and I.” Although Pompeo was known to be privately skeptical of just how successful Trump’s approach to Kim would be, sources told CNN, he never publicly said so.