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[FantasticDan]

I love him! I hate him! He's great! He sucks!

What a twisted ****

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/...appointed.html

When Donald Trump was first considering Rex Tillerson for the role of secretary of State, back in December of 2016, he tweeted that the former Exxon Mobil CEO was a “world class player and dealmaker.” Two days later, Trump made his decision, tweeting that he’d “chosen one of the truly great business leaders of the world, Rex Tillerson” to be secretary of State. And two months after that, following Tillerson’s confirmation, Trump declared that he would “be a star!”

Last week, Trump questioned Tillerson’s mental capacity, called him “ dumb as a rock,” and said he was “lazy as hell.”

By now, this pattern is familiar. Trump praises someone when he hires them and dumps on them once he’s fired them. Any normal person might hesitate to publicly contradict their initial assessment to avoid exposing their terrible judgement. But that’s too complicated an idea for Trump. The people who work for him are good (with one notable exception) and once he fires them they’re bad.