Rex Tillerson
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Sep 19, 2026
Stephen SchorkGUEST
Now...
Brandon WeichertHOST
Somehow Rex Tillerson and ExxonMobil figured that one out, though, how to work there, because they were the only ones that...
Brandon WeichertHOST
Like Chevron in Venezuela, they were the only ones I could think of that consistently figured it out.
Brandon WeichertHOST
Anyway, sorry to cut
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
And then he said, I didn't really know much about the Washington culture, so I got people that were recommended to me.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
They were fine people, but they weren't on my agenda, the Rex Tillerson, the Jim Mattis, the Steve Mnuchin, and the John Bolton.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
So next time I come in, I'm going to have, well, you have some people like yourself, but the majority, if you look down that list, were not really MAGA
Larry KudlowHOST
people.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
So he relied on the wise men of Washington on the conservative side to give him advice on who to appoint.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
So Steve Mnuchin, Rex Tillerson, later John Bolton, Jim Mattis, I could go on, but they were not adherents of that philosophy we had just outlined.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
And more importantly, he was dealing with the symptoms, putting his finger in the dike, trying to address those, manage those.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
But he was given, in a very ironic way, a gift, even though the election was controversial and he was demonized, which that was the first half of the book that I wrote, The Fall.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
So he relied on the wise men of Washington on the conservative side to give him advice on who to appoint.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
So Steve Mnuchin, Rex Tillerson, later John Bolton, Jim Mattis, I could go on, but they were not adherents of that philosophy we had just outlined.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
And more importantly, he was dealing with the symptoms, putting his finger in the dike, trying to address those, manage those.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
But he was given, in a very ironic way, a gift, even though the election was controversial and he was demonized, which that was the first half of the book that I wrote, The Fall.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
They were fine people.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
But they weren't on my agenda, the Rex Tillerson, the Jim Mattis, the Steve Mnuchin, and the John Bolton.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
So next time I come in.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
I'm going to have – well, you have some people like yourself, but the majority, if you look down that list, were not really MAGA people.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
And then he said, I didn't really know much about the Washington culture, so I got people that were recommended to me.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
They were fine people, but they weren't on my agenda, the Rex Tillerson, the Jim Mattis, the Steve Mnuchin, and the John Bolton.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
So next time I come in, I'm going to have, well, you have some people like yourself, but the majority, if you look down that list, were not really MAGA people.
Larry KudlowHOST
Well, I came in a year later.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
They were fine people.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
But they weren't on my agenda, the Rex Tillerson, the Jim Mattis, the Steve Mnuchin, and the John Bolton.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
So next time I come in.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
I'm going to have, well, you have some people like yourself, but the majority, if you look down that list, were not really MAGA people.
Victor Davis HansonHOST
Uh, Jeff, what's, um, you know, the, the Alabaman, wonderful guy that was attorney general.
Victor Davis HansonHOST
Tr- I think he was treated unfairly, but they wanted the t- So we got Rex Tillerson.
Victor Davis HansonHOST
We got John Bolton.
Victor Davis HansonHOST
We got Steve Mnuchin.
Mark LeidorfNARRATOR
He had a senator's habit of speaking his mind and a public record of opposing many of the president's hardening foreign policy views.
Mark LeidorfNARRATOR
The betting was that he would clash with Trump and either quit or wake up one morning to a truth social post unceremoniously announcing his removal, a la Rex Tillerson, who was fired by tweet during Trump's first term.
Mark LeidorfNARRATOR
Instead, he has averted tests of will that might draw unflattering attention or jeopardize his standing with the president.
Mark LeidorfNARRATOR
Staying loyal has required Rubio to set aside some of his longest-held political convictions, including the importance of generous U.S. foreign aid and support for immigrants fleeing oppressive governments.
Andrea ChalupaHOST
He recently got Russia's order of friendship.
Andrea ChalupaHOST
joining former Exxon CEO and former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in that honor.
Andrea ChalupaHOST
And Kremlin is the head of the International Boxing Association, which is financed by the energy giant Gazprom.
Andrea ChalupaHOST
which is owned by other Russian oligarchs extremely close to Putin.
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