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Same. with mike pompeo, we have a similar thought process. i think it's going to go very well. rex say very good man. i like rex a lot. i appreciate his commitment and his service and i'll be speaking to rex over a long period of time. i can't hear you. [question inaudible] >> i made that decision myself. rex wasn't in the country. i made the north korea decision with consultation with many people but i made the decision by myself. i actually got along well with rex but really it was a different mind set. a different thinking.

She is an outstanding person who also i have gotten to know very well. so i've gotten to know a lot of people very well over the last year and i'm really at a point where we're getting very close to having the cabinet and other things that i want but i think mike pompeo will be a truly great secretary of state. i have total confidence in him and as far as rex tillerson is concerned. i very much appreciate his commitment and his service and i wish him well. he's a good man. rex and i have been talking about this for a long time. we got along actually quite well but we disagreed on things. when ...

Makes about his next economic adviser, larry kudlow a well-known cnbc economic contributor and apparently the president said he's looking at him strongly to be the next economic adviser. that follows the news from last week. we'll see whether or not that position is filled soon. >> sandra: so going back to right now hearing from the state department rex tillerson did not know he was out. the president also just answering a question about the timing just now and the president saying rex and i talked about this for a long time and we disagreed on things like the iran deal. we were not thinking t...

[question inaudible] >> say it again. i respect his intellect and the process we've all gone through together. we have a very good relationship for whatever reason, chemistry, why do people get along? from day one i've gotten along well with mike pompeo and frankly i get along well with rex too. i wish rex a lot of good things. i think he'll be very happy. i think rex will be much happier now but i really appreciate his service but with mike we've had a very good chemistry right from the beginning. [question inaudible] >> well, it sounds to me -- i'm speaking to theresa may today. it sounds li...

Put people not supportive of the president into senior roles and other cabinet secretaries had tried the same thing but took the message from the white house personnel and getting in people more pro-trump. tillerson just dug his heels in and put in the same people and it caused huge strains with the white house and fell out with trump by being outside of trump on just about every policy issue you can think of. he was against trump on the iran deal and trying to force him to stay in the iran deal on the issue of qatar they fell out on that issue and north korea, the president said don't waste -...