Whoa: Tillerson Takes a Direct Swipe at Trump. Is He On His Way Out?

Town Hall - Guy Benson:

Unusual days indeed at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, where several high-level administration officials have now taken fairly direct, surprisingly public aim at the President of the United States over his handling of the Charlottesville contretemps and its aftermath.  Late last week, White House economic adviser Gary Cohn shocked Washington with his blunt criticism of the president's initial, vague, and equivocal statement on the hate rallies and deadly violence in Virginia.  When it comes to "white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and the KKK," Cohn said, the Trump administration "must do better in consistently and unequivocally condemning these groups."  His reference was not subtle.  Days earlier, UN Ambassador Nikki Haley intimated that she wasn't pleased with the president's handling of the situation, telling reporters that she'd had a "personal conversation" with him on the matter, and that she'd "leave it at that."  But perhaps most eye-opening was Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's assertion on Fox News Sunday that the president speaks only for himself, not on behalf of "American values:"



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