President Donald Trump suggested he's smarter than Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, saying in an interview published Tuesday that if Tillerson did call him a moron, as reported, the two should "compare IQ tests." An NBC News story claimed Vice-President Mike Pence had to talk Tillerson out of resigning this summer, and that Tillerson had called Trump a "moron." Trump and Tillerson are scheduled to have lunch Tuesday at the White House with Defence Secretary Jim Mattis. 'I'm not undermining'Still, last week, Trump told reporters he has "total confidence" in his secretary of state. He said reaching out to congressional Democrats for help in getting immigration legislation passed is difficult because "the Democrats don't want secure borders."

Source: CBC News October 10, 2017 13:07 UTC