Bob Reich’s advice to Tillerson on how to handle a dangerous moron
Former Clinton Administration Secretary of Labor Robert Reich has a few things to say to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson about his moron boss, Donald J. Trump:
You are Secretary of State – the nation’s chief diplomat – under a president who’s dangerously nuts.
Last weekend, for example, Trump publicly said you were wasting your time trying to open talks with North Korea. Does he have a better idea? Any halfway rational president would ask his Secretary of State to try to talk with Kim Jong-Un.
And there’s Iran. You and Defense Secretary James Mattis have both stated the nuclear agreement should be retained. That, too, is only rational. The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran has been honoring the agreement. Without it, Iran would restart its nuclear program.
But Trump is on the verge of decertifying the agreement in order to save face (in the 2016 campaign he called it an “embarrassment to America”) and further puncture Barack Obama’s legacy. His narcissism is endangering the world.
You tried to mediate the dispute between Qatar and its Arab neighbors. That, too, was the reasonable thing to do.
But then Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner sided with the United Arab Emirates, where they have business interests. Less than one hour after you called for a “calm and thoughtful dialogue” between Qatar and its neighbors, Trump blasted Qatar for financing terrorism. That was also nuts.
You are rightly appalled at Trump’s behavior.
We urge you to read the rest, as Reich has some sound advice for Tillerson. And while you are at, here’s a clip of Reich bringing a daisy-cutter to a knife fight with libertarian tool Stephen Moore, courtesy of our pals at Crooks & Liars:
