Former secretary of state Rex Tillerson warned Wednesday that deceptive leaders and “alternative realities” are a threat to democracy, an implicit critique of his former boss, President Trump. Truth, he said, is the “central tenet of a free society.”“It is truth that says to our adversaries, ‘We say what we mean, and we mean what we say,’ ” Tillerson said. Trump pulled out of the deal last week, with support from his new secretary of state, Mike Pompeo. VMI, a military college in Lexington, Va., had invited Tillerson to speak some months before he was fired via a presidential tweet. Blessed is the man that can say that the boy he was would be proud of the man he is.”John Hudson contributed to this report.

Source: Washington Post May 16, 2018 22:21 UTC