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Reason that tillerson stays because he believes he has to get some things done. and i think you would have to ask this question about the generals and about tillerson, which is patriotism is one thing and you serve because youre patriotic, but when youre no longer effective, isnt that time to go. >> i mean, he hasnt really been effective all in all. from the beginning hes had problems at the state department. hes always felt undermined by jared kushner and other people at the white house, bannon...

Gone on for quite a while now. but has reached another crescendo. the subsequent denials and reaction to that. its interesting the president is taking great issue with that, and said that it just -- its not true, and -- but i mean, his denial was sort of, it wasnt even that tillerson hadnt called him a moron, it was that he hadnt threatened to resign. >> we know the president was furious when he heard about this. and i think the president probably doesnt know what the exact truth is. tillerson i...

We know the relationship between tillerson and the president probably cant be repaired to the point where tillerson becomes a long termer. hes not. >> if you call the president a moron. and maybe he is im not in the administration, i cant judge that. macron, if you call him a moron you need to go. you should just resign, if you believe that, you should go. >> trump is in a box right now, secretary malt is has disagreed with him, tillerson has called him names privately. >> how many people from t...

There could be an impact on the american public. i believe that the public right now is inundated with bad news, and chaos. and one of the jobs of a president, you know, he was the consoler in chief yesterday, i think america kind of needs that, i really hope that this is not him sort of promiscuously or flagrantly tossing around rhetoric that he doesnt really mean. >> its also interesting, he said it, and then he tried to change the subject on to praising military leaders and talking about what...

>> this is a guy who never -- i mean, i think he just basically worked at exxon his whole career, right, but obviously he was very effective and very successful there. so not only does he have the thing where hes used to being the number one guy in charge, but there are people who can be very successful in one job or one industry. its not transferable to another. and it seems like -- drt reportedly hired him because he looked good. i mean, bob corker was too short. you know, maybe nikki haley wa...

Its a dangerous proposition, particularly when youre talking about an iran nuclear deal. >> you also have the white house continuing to say, everything is fine between the secretary of state and the president. i cant imagine the president was pleased with this whole moron allegations, that tillerson said he was a moron. >> he was playing to an audience of one once again, just like sarah huckabee sanders does every day. he came out and did what he had to do. he said he wanted to play to trump and...

Cumulative affect of these statements? how do you read all of this? >> the question is how does north korea read all of this, how does south korea, japan, china and other neighbors in the region read all of this. the fact is that there have been discordant messages from the president and his cabinet secretaries, including the military. the suggestion that maybe north korea, the president said recently was becoming more responsive, more reliable -- i forget the exact terms after they had not test...

The missiles are on an underground railroad tracks. they are very difficult to preemptively strike. this could potentially lead to something that would be catastrophic. we know that secretary of defense mattis has warned against this. so has secretary tillerson. the military seems to be in agreement that the military option, while still on the table, as they say, would be catastrophic because of most likely retaliation from north korea against south korea against american troops and their famili...

The president has tweeted about this. how do you think the u.s. should respond? >> i think the united states needs to demonstrate a seriousness of action and effort in coordinating the neighborhood in the way obama did around the iran deal. russia and china were partners with us in that process. they can be partners with this. i think north korea sees a president who is flipping and flopping. he sees him sending inconsistent messages with tillerson, mattis. north korea is taking advantage of an ...

State department. we dont have the leaders, new leaders, new ideas at the state department yet helping second tillerson. we need to make sure that secretary tillerson has as many devil plants as possible with new ideas to search this at the same time and my theory is were not quite there. >> jenna: we had 16 years of experience. perhaps i could tap some of those to help with some diplomatic efforts. i want to go to the word surge so our viewers know. president obama -- numbers that are being sug...