U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson could soon be replaced by CIA Director Mike Pompeo, The New York Times and The Associated Press reported Thursday. Vanity Fair also cited current and former State Department staffers in a report about Tillerson’s potential replacement, saying Pompeo is a more likely successor than UN Ambassador Nikki Haley. While meeting with the Crown Prince of Bahrain Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa on Thursday, Trump told reporters Tillerson was at the White House but ignored questions about Tillerson’s future with the State Department. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Thursday that Tillerson “continues to lead the State Department.”Pompeo has been Tillerson’s expected successor for months. Tillerson has had a rocky tenure at the State Department, marked by many public contradictions with Trump on issues like North Korea and the Iran nuclear deal.

Source: Huffington Post November 30, 2017 15:12 UTC