Rex Tillerson
Executive and former United States Secretary of StateWikipedia
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Nov 5, 2026
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
So he said the second time, I think during the wilderness years, he said, I had never been to Washington much, and I had people in my cabinet the first time.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
They were nice people, Steve Mnuchin, Jim Mattis, Rex Tillerson, John Bolton, John Kelton, but they weren't MAGA people.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
So they saw their duty as to reinterpret my American First Agenda, and that meant often obstructing it with bureaucrat-tease expertise.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
This time, loyalty was the prime directive.
Jakub WrzesniewskiGUEST
Groypers, exactly.
Jakub WrzesniewskiGUEST
They have all of, they're all the congressional aides, they're all the law clerks, they're all of the heritage staffers, right? Where do you suddenly get your Eagle Scouts for Jesus, square-jawed, all-American types to come in, your Rex Tillerson's, if you will, to replace that rotten timber? Or do you end up with a grope a rump that consolidates the Republican Party and finds a way to rebrand.
Jakub WrzesniewskiGUEST
I mean, Tucker Carlson would certainly like to be their king.
Jakub WrzesniewskiGUEST
And I think that's in the offing because.
Matthew ColeGUEST
In May of 2017, Jared Kushner arranged and organized Trump's first foreign trip abroad, which was to Saudi Arabia.
Matthew ColeGUEST
During that trip in May, MBS and MBZ pull Kushner to the side for a secret meeting in which Secretary Tillerson, who was on the trip, was not invited and tells them that they are going to start this blockade and gives them sort of a preview of the ramping up of what they may do, which included the possibility of a military invasion by the Saudis and the Emiratis of Qatar.
Matthew ColeGUEST
And at that time, as my reporting lays out, Kushner does not tell them no.
Matthew ColeGUEST
He listens, he basically says, we're gonna close our eyes to this.
Matthew ColeGUEST
And a former senior White House official at the time told me that what Kushner did was essentially and effectively give MBS and MBZ the green light on a potential military overthrow.
Matthew ColeGUEST
And when the trip ends and they come back to the U.S., Kushner doesn't tell anyone else in the US government, in the executive branch.
Matthew ColeGUEST
So Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, they have no idea.
Matthew ColeGUEST
No one from CIA knows.
Andrea ChalupaHOST
This was a huge crisis.
Andrea ChalupaHOST
Rex Tillerson is trying to calm this down and can't because Jared Kushner is running everything foreign policy-wise in the Middle East for the administration.
Andrea ChalupaHOST
Right.
Andrea ChalupaHOST
And the Qataris finally say, OK, we are in the fight of our lives.
Josh SigurdsonHOST
They were just about to be let go by the U.S. and the U.S. is saying, hey, we're going to work with you.
Josh SigurdsonHOST
Rex Tillerson at the time under Trump said, we're going to work with you.
Josh SigurdsonHOST
And help you fight ISIS, which the US and Israel helped arm and fund in the first place.
Josh SigurdsonHOST
So easy way to create theater there.
Matthew ColeGUEST
Trump and Kushner are supporting the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Matthew ColeGUEST
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary...
Matthew ColeGUEST
Jim Mattis, are trying to calm people down.
Matthew ColeGUEST
We're not going to go to war.
Matthew ColeGUEST
Cole.
Matthew ColeGUEST
That was at the very beginning.
Matthew ColeGUEST
And so what we see, what plays out, even on that day, Secretary Tillerson came out and made a statement that was almost the opposite earlier in the day.
Matthew ColeGUEST
I mean, they were totally at opposite ends.
Matthew ColeGUEST
Trump and Kushner are supporting the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Matthew ColeGUEST
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary...
Matthew ColeGUEST
Jim Mattis, are trying to calm people down.
Matthew ColeGUEST
We're not going to go to war.
Matthew ColeGUEST
Cole.
Matthew ColeGUEST
That was at the very beginning.
Matthew ColeGUEST
And so what we see, what plays out, even on that day, Secretary Tillerson came out and made a statement that was almost the opposite earlier in the day.
Matthew ColeGUEST
I mean, they were totally at opposite ends.
Matthew ColeGUEST
Trump and Kushner are supporting the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Matthew ColeGUEST
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary...
Matthew ColeGUEST
Jim Mattis, are trying to calm people down.
Matthew ColeGUEST
We're not going to go to war.
Matthew ColeGUEST
Cole.
Matthew ColeGUEST
That was at the very beginning.
Matthew ColeGUEST
And so what we see, what plays out, even on that day, Secretary Tillerson came out and made a statement that was almost the opposite earlier in the day.
Matthew ColeGUEST
I mean, they were totally at opposite ends.
Ryan WigginsHOST
Yep.
Ryan WigginsHOST
Rex Tillerson.
Ryan WigginsHOST
Yep.
Ryan WigginsHOST
That's right.
Ryan WigginsHOST
You voted for Rex Tillerson in the primary in 2016.
Ryan WigginsHOST
You did.
Annie FryHOST
I'm not.
Jack RiccardiHOST
He clearly had a better team and still does in place than he had in his first term.
Jack RiccardiHOST
You think about like Marco Rubio versus Rex Tillerson, like what? Night and day.
Jack RiccardiHOST
And...
Jack RiccardiHOST
Then his critics tried to make it into the wheels are coming off, the walls are closing in, but that was all old school, old hand, we'd heard it before stuff.
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