Rex Tillerson came precipitously close to criticizing his former boss Wednesday. He reportedly called the president a “moron” eight months before he was fired and replaced by then-CIA Director Mike Pompeo. He spent his tenure as secretary of state gutting America’s diplomatic corps. His remarks on truth and fact appeared to be a comment on Trump’s frequent use of lies, half-truths or exaggerations. A commitment to facts “binds us to other like-minded democratic nations,” he said, distinguishing America from “nondemocratic” countries such as Russia.

Source: Huffington Post May 16, 2018 21:03 UTC