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Called you a moron? >> reporter: then chose to ignore. tillerson is no moron. he knows how to not answer a question. >> is it true? if you call him a moron? >> im not going to deal with that petty stuff. that is a really old question. you want to make a game out of it, and im not playing. >> did you call the president a moron? >> im not going to dig phi the question. >> reporter: the president dignified it by saying we will have to compare iq tests and i can tell you who is going to win. >> i kn...

Need to know and everyone needs to know. >> you would have thought he talked to you about changing the policy before he tweeted. >> and to finish the thought, that has never happened. every time i talk to him, he says the policy hasnt changed. im good. thats all i need to know. >> why didnt you deny calling the president a moron? >> you know, thats a really old question. >> do you understand that by not answering the question, some people thought you were confirming the story. >> i think ive ans...

Suggestion. heres how he handled it. >> jake, as i indicated earlier, i was asked about that. assume not going to deal with that kind of petty stuff. this is a town that seems to relish gossip, rumor, innuendo, and they feed on it. they feed on it in a very destructive way. i dont work that way. im just not going to dig phi the question. >> errol, heres the question. the answer doesnt work. it just doesnt. it doesnt sound like hes saying he didnt say it. if you want to deal with the pettiness of...

To dig phi the question. >> reporter: refused to answer when asked repeatedly if he called the president a moran before pushing back comments from bob corker that they are trying to cast trait him. >> this is an unconvention al techniques to motivate change. >> reporter: also defending the presidents decision to decertify the iran deal and the administrations strategy toward north korea. >> the president has also made clear to me he wants to solved diplomatly. he is not seeking to go to war. the...