Either NBC is publishing more fake news, or Rex Tillerson has already been offered the Secretary of State job by Trump. This one is a head scratchier to me. With Giuliani out, I had hope that John Bolton would get the job. While Tillerson is certainly a better pick than Romney or Corker, I don’t see what Tillerson brings to the job, other than being involved with big oil. Of course, this NBC article was published by none other than Mrs. Greenspan Andrea Mitchell, who isn’t exactly know for her truth and integrity. So we’ll see if this ends up being true. Nothing is fine until Trump announces it.
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Donald Trump is expected to nominate Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his secretary of state, two sources close to the transition process told NBC News on Saturday.
Tillerson, 64, became president of the Texas-based oil company in 2004 and has a close business relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin. He has spent his entire career at the company now known as Exxon Mobil.
The sources cautioned that nothing is final until the president-elect officially announces it, likely next week.
Tillerson met Saturday with Trump at Trump Tower in New York, the president-elect’s spokesperson confirmed.
The selection of Tillerson comes after Trump and his transition team spent weeks searching for someone to fill the post of the top U.S. diplomat. Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani were reportedly in the running. Giuliani said Friday he had taken his name out of consideration.