From Politico.com
President Donald Trump on Sunday seemed to undercut his own secretary of state and and escalate the ongoing nuclear crisis with North Korea, tweeting that Rex Tillerson's efforts to negotiate with Kim Jong Un's regime were essentially useless.
"I told Rex Tillerson, our wonderful Secretary of State, that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man...," Trump tweeted, adding, "...Save your energy Rex, we'll do what has to be done!"
The president's remarks seemed to defy a cardinal rule of international diplomacy — maintaining a unified front amid ongoing diplomatic efforts — and came even before Tillerson returned from a trip to China.
Who the hell is "we'll", as in "we'll do what has to be done." I have no idea what prompted this, but possibly it's an attempt to focus attention away from his insulting attacks on Puerto Rico - which were launched to focus attention away from Price's firing - which....
Will Tillerson quit? More importantly, will Congress realize that Trump is a very sick puppy - and getting nuttier as tensions mount - and finally get serious about impeachment?
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