Things That Belong to Vladimir Putin
Rachel Maddow on MSNBC just made a coherent case that Rex Tillerson was fired within hours of condemning Russia for killing their ex-spy in London, that his subordinate was fired for inadvertently disputing the (false) White House timeline, and that the White House announced H.R. McMaster would be fired within hours of his condemning Russia for their Syria attacks. Donald Trump seems then unusually prompt, after months of dithering, in firing cabinet members who speak ill of Putin's Russia in public; and a fair bit of lying about timelines goes on as well.
A footnote: John Kelly announced that he told Tillerson he was fired while Tillerson was on the toilet. Beyond the unpleasantness, this story seems fabricated by Kelly. Trump may have sold his soul to Putin, but Kelly seems to have decided Trump was the very man he wanted to sell his soul to. More power to him.
Cheers,
John
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