The Funniest Tweets about Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Calling Trump a Moron
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So our current (and almost certainly soon-to-be-former) Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, just had to hold a press conference to respond to the news that he called President Trump a moron. Imagine Warren Christopher or Dean Rusk insulting their presidents like this, or Henry Clay, who was pretty darn good at making some compromises, just laying in to that New England blue blood John Quincy Adams. If Timothy Pickering or Edmund J. Randolph had said something like this there definitely would’ve been a duel.
Okay, it’s not like American politics have always been some stately, genteel pursuit. There’s no way cabinet members haven’t spoken this candidly about their boss in the past; the difference is few (if none) of those presidents were despised by their entire administration, and thus subject to countless leaks intended to reaffirm how utterly incompetent they were at being president. In that regard, Trump’s presidency really is operating at a higher, historic level: even the people working for him have absolutely no respect for him.
Twitter eats up any embarrassing news about Trump, of course, and today was no different. As soon as the news broke the jokes started pouring in. Tillerson’s non-denial press conference kicked off a second wave. Here are the best of the best, the funniest of the lot, the tweets most worth reading about our top diplomat calling his boss, our leader, the most powerful man in the free world, a moron.
don’t talk to me or my tillerson ever again
— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) October 4, 2017
Thank you for coming. The purpose of this unscheduled press event I called is for me to talk about how good and deeply normal my boss is.
— David Roth (@david_j_roth) October 4, 2017
The Tillerson Era: a highlight reel pic.twitter.com/HQLxphzOxZ
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) October 4, 2017
Tillerson: Trump is a moron and I am 100% on board with everything he says and does.
— maura quint (@behindyourback) October 4, 2017
Trump: If I’m such a moron, where are your balls?
Tillerson: What?
Trump: Your balls.
Tillerson: Right h—[looks down] You give those back!— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) October 4, 2017
To be fair going on TV is probably the only way Tillerson could get Trump to remember he exists
— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) October 4, 2017
I don’t believe the reports that Rex Tillerson called DT a “moron” before threatening to resign. I think he called him a “fucking moron”.
— Brandon Besserer (@BrandonBesserer) October 4, 2017
Strategic genius Donald Trump wants 3 day discussion about whether or not he’s a fucking moron.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) October 4, 2017
At a minimum, Tillerson has cracked the problem of the title for his Trump administration memoir
— David Frum (@davidfrum) October 4, 2017
The only thing surprising about Rex Tillerson calling Trump a moron is that literally everyone in the Trump administration hasn’t done that.
— (((OhNoSheTwitnt))) (@OhNoSheTwitnt) October 4, 2017
I’ve officially lost all faith in Rex Tillerson If it took him until July to realize DT’s a moron.
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) October 4, 2017
I don’t care where you stand politically, it’s wrong for Rex Tillerson to call our stupid, psychotic, evil, piece of shit President a moron.
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) October 4, 2017
(drops everything to prepare oompa loompa goodbye verse about rex tillerson, just in case)
— Erin Gloria Ryan (@morninggloria) October 4, 2017
Even though Rex Tillerson called Trump a moron, he’s honorably staying on to make the world safe for Exxon Mobil
— Brian Gaar (@briangaar) October 4, 2017
if rex tillerson were a character in a richard scarry book, he’d be a badger who runs the bank
— Erin Gloria Ryan (@morninggloria) October 4, 2017
Rex Tillerson currently studying Jenna Maroney’s master class in taking back calling someone a “moron.” pic.twitter.com/6xx1pJUwrM
— Samantha Allen (@SLAwrites) October 4, 2017
Kim Jong Un says Donald Trump is a dotard while Rex Tillerson insists the President is a moron. Maybe these guys can negotiate after all.
— Warren Holstein (@WarrenHolstein) October 4, 2017
Congratulations to Rex Tillerson on earning the title of invertebro.
— (((OhNoSheTwitnt))) (@OhNoSheTwitnt) October 4, 2017
enjoy this rex tillerson news b/c trump’s headed to vegas to tell shooting survivors they’re lucky they weren’t in 9/11 or some crazy shit
— Drew Schnoebelen (@Dschnoeb) October 4, 2017
Did…did Rex Tillerson just use the Caveman Lawyer defense?
— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) October 4, 2017
brb translating tillerson’s blinking to morse code
— andy levy (@andylevy) October 4, 2017