{"id":18516,"date":"2016-12-11T01:42:20","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T01:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=18516"},"modified":"2016-12-11T01:42:20","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T01:42:20","slug":"rex-tillerson-huh-where-did-he-come-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=18516","title":{"rendered":"Rex Tillerson? Huh? Where did he come from?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Rex-Tillerson-003_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18517\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Rex-Tillerson-003_jpg_800x1000_q100-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"rex-tillerson-003_jpg_800x1000_q100\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Rex-Tillerson-003_jpg_800x1000_q100-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Rex-Tillerson-003_jpg_800x1000_q100-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Rex-Tillerson-003_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eyes had turned to Mitt Romney, then to David Petraeus, then to Rudy Giuliani, then back to Mitt.<\/p>\n<p>Then the president-elect shakes it all up and appears now set to name Rex Tillerson as the next secretary of state.<\/p>\n<p>Rex the Texan. He&#8217;s the man Donald J. Trump is about to pick as the nation&#8217;s top diplomat.<\/p>\n<p>Wow! Who knew?<\/p>\n<p>Tillerson is president and CEO of Exxon Mobil. He&#8217;s another gazillionaire headed for Trump&#8217;s Cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>You may ask: What does this fellow bring to the world of international statecraft? Man, I am officially baffled in the extreme.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2016\/12\/10\/trump-taps-texan-and-exxon-mobil-ceo-rex-tillerson\/\">https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2016\/12\/10\/trump-taps-texan-and-exxon-mobil-ceo-rex-tillerson\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But here&#8217;s what many folks do know about Tillerson: His oil interests reach into Russia, where he reportedly has a good relationship with the Russian strongman, President Vladimir Putin. Oh, boy. Here come the questions.<\/p>\n<p>Will the business interests get in the way of hard-nosed diplomacy? Does Tillerson&#8217;s friendship with Putin spell curtains for NATO, the Ukraine, Georgia and other nations affected by Russia&#8217;s sword-rattling? Does the apparent nominee&#8217;s lack of diplomatic experience hinder his knowledge of world affairs and the nuance required to deal effectively with foreign governments?<\/p>\n<p>The Trumpkins aren&#8217;t yet confirming anything. Tillerson, though, appears headed for the State Department. For now. Unless the president-elect changes his mind. Again.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eyes had turned to Mitt Romney, then to David Petraeus, then to Rudy Giuliani, then back to Mitt. Then the president-elect shakes it all up and appears now set to name Rex Tillerson as the next secretary of state. Rex the Texan. He&#8217;s the man Donald J. Trump is about to pick as the nation&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=18516\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rex Tillerson? Huh? 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