Does Trump deny that Secretary of State Tilson will be fired for false news?

For some time, there has been endless talk that US Secretary of State Tilson will be replaced by US President Donald Trump. This week, the American media once again broke the news that Tilson would leave the State Council. However, Trump, the White House and the State Council subsequently denied the truth of the rumor. On October 30th, US Secretary of Defense Matisse165438+/KLOC-0, which is closely related to Trump, also said that the rumor that Tilson would be replaced was "not credible".

Trump: I won't "fire" Tilson.

165438+1October 30th, it was reported that John Kelly, the White House Chief of Staff, had drafted a plan to replace Tilson around the end of this year. Tilson's successor may be Mike Pompeo, director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

A day later, Trump posted a message on the social media platform Twitter on February 1, denying the rumor that he intended to fire Tilson, and said that the two had a happy cooperation and a harmonious relationship.

"The media has been speculating that I fired Tilson or that he is about to leave-this is fake news! We have different opinions on some issues, but he will not leave. " Trump wrote in the tweet that the words "fake news" were marked in capital letters.

Trump did not forget to say in the tweet that we have cooperated very well and the United States has once again gained high respect.

Although Trump personally denied the rumor that Tilson would leave the State Council, the White House's previous answer to this question was very vague.

65438+February 1 Report White House spokesman Sanders165438+1October 30 did not confirm or deny the earlier media reports. She refused to answer questions about whether Trump had confidence in Tilson, saying only that the two men "continued to cooperate". Earlier, Sanders also said on many occasions, "When the president loses confidence in some people, they will no longer stay here."

After the White House, the State Council also clarified that Tilson would be replaced. The State Council spokeswoman Nolte said that John Kelly/KLOC-0 called Margaret Peterlin, director of the Tilson office, on the morning of October 30th and told the media that the report was "untrue".

65438+Feb 1 It is reported that before Trump tweeted that he would replace Tilson, Tilson and US Secretary of Defense Matisse were having lunch at the White House. Matisse165438+1October 30 also issued a statement in this regard, denying that the relevant rumors are true, and he also said that "the report is not credible."

The report quoted sources as saying that Tilson had previously told friends that he hoped to work in the position of Secretary of State for at least one year. Next February will be the first anniversary of his performance.

Although Trump seems to show that Tilson's position is still stable, it is an indisputable fact that many senior officials appointed by Tilson will either leave or have already left. Among them, Hammond, Tilson's public relations consultant, is expected to leave his post in June+February, 5438. Another the State Council consultant, Maliz Beams, left after only three months.

From February 4th to 8th, Tilson will visit Belgium, Austria and France and attend a series of meetings.

Trump and Tilson have long been at odds.

It is reported a few days ago that the falling out between Trump and Tilson is an open secret. Their ideas and personalities are far apart, and they have torn each other down more than once. The American media has repeatedly reported that Tilson intends to resign. Rumors of leaving the company have been flying for too long, and Tilson's joke, dubbed "Leaving Leeson", is also circulating in the Washington circle.

The contradiction between Tilson and Trump focuses on a series of focal issues, such as the Iranian nuclear agreement, the DPRK nuclear issue and the dispute between Arab allies. He was also exposed to privately calling Trump an "idiot". Trump once said on Twitter that Tilson's idea of resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis by diplomatic means was a "waste of time".

It is reported that Trump's appointment of Tilson was originally an "experiment". The president of the United States has never appointed a person who has no experience in the political and military fields as Secretary of State. In view of Trump's own lack of governance experience in these fields, he hoped that Tilson could apply his business management experience to the diplomatic field. Tilson worked in ExxonMobil for 4 1 year and served as the CEO of this energy enterprise.

Thomas Wright, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said in an interview with the media: "The Secretary of State has influence only when he is regarded as having close relations with the President. The White House has repeatedly hinted to the media that it is ready to replace Tilson, which means that he has lost power. "