Tillerson, who was fired by Trump in March 2018, mentioned the story during a day of closed-door testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about his rocky, 13-month tenure as secretary of state. He described his surprise to find that he happened to be dining in the same Washington restaurant while Jared Kushner and Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs Luis Videgaray had a private meal. “And I said: ‘I don’t want to interrupt what y’all are doing,’” Tillerson recalled for the committee. Tillerson described the restaurant incident as an example of one of the challenges he faced as secretary of state until Trump abruptly fired him over social media. The foreign trips raised concerns, the former secretary said, because Kushner would not co-ordinate with the State Department or the local embassy in the countries he visited.

Source: thestar June 27, 2019 17:47 UTC