Opinions On Secretary of State Tillerson

[Anomalocaris]

My impression is that this guy is by far the most intelligent and enlightened member of Trump's band of merrymakers, hoodlums and thieves. I realize that that is not much of an endorsement. I'm not going to claim that he's a "good guy" or anything. I can't endorse anyone who would get in bed with Donald Trump but in my estimation, he's a shining light in a miasma of darkness - kind of like Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell in the W administration.

I'm curious what other people here think of him.

He may not have championed any disasterous foreign policy initiatives independently of his boss, but his handling of his role as the leader of the department of state has been so abysmal that by some measures, half of the professional diplomatic and foreign service Corp, built up over 40years and repository of professional skill, knowledge and experience accumulated since end of wwii, has left in the last year during his term, SO FAR.

The repercussion of this will Be felt for decades.

While trump has been utterly destroying the credibility and political capital of the United States from above, tillerson has been destroying from below the fundamental mechanism which United States would need if she were to ever attempt to affect repairs at a later date.