Rex Tillerson

Another Western MSM fail: China did NOT threaten the US with war in the South China Sea

An editorial in The Global Times – an English language website owned and run by The People’s Daily, which is the official newspaper of China’s ruling Communist Party – is being widely reported around the world as a threat to go to war with the US over the South China Sea.  Examples of the way in which this editorial is being reported can be found in The Guardian.
This is a complete misunderstanding of what the editorial said.

Donald Trump tells the world his cabinet members can ‘express their own thoughts, not mine’

Trump makes it clear that many of his cabinet picks have views that are different to his and that he more or less does not care. He remains happy to let his team speak with their own voices.
In a further blow to naysayers, Donald Trump has issued the following Tweet.

All of my Cabinet nominee are looking good and doing a great job. I want them to be themselves and express their own thoughts, not mine!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 13, 2017

Rex Tillerson to Senate: Russia a ‘danger’ to the U.S. (VIDEO)

Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State, former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, gets grilled t0da7 by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee – on every foreign policy issue, with Russia dominating the conversation.
Tillerson however, broke rank with President-elect Trump, saying that Russia’s recent actions “disregarded American interests.” He went on to say that Russia has ‘no legal claim’ to Crimea and that “Russia today poses a danger” to the US.

Porkins Policy Radio episode 76 The CIA as Organized Crime with Douglas Valentine

My guest today is the great Douglas Valentine. Doug joins me to discuss his latest book The CIA as Organized Crime. We begin by looking at why Doug decided to write this book and the way in which it is structured. Next we delve into Doug’s relationship with the CIA and how he came to write about it’s inner-workings. Doug talks about his relationship with the agency and how he began getting access to operatives and officials while writing The Phoneix Program, including his meetings with former CIA Director William Colby.

Rick Perry And Rex Tillerson Meet With Key Senators Ahead Of Confirmation Hearings

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, meets with Secretary of State-designate Rex Tillerson on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. (AP/Evan Vucci)
WASHINGTON, D.C. (REPORT) – After a day of meeting with the elected officials who hold his political future in their hands, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry left the Capitol with one thing in mind.

Trump Is Anti-Environment, But So Was Obama

President Barack Obama walks past oil and gas pipelines during an appearance at the TransCanada Stillwater Pipe Yard in Cushing, Okla. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
NEW YORK — (Analysis) It’s rather easy, and undoubtedly necessary, to lambast President-elect Donald Trump and his team of corporate parasites who will soon head nearly every key agency in the U.S. government.