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Rex Tillerson
May 7, 2019
Matt Ford
The Ignoble Afterlife of the Trump Staffer
John Kelly is the latest former official to cash in on his experience working for a corrupt and immoral administration.
December 7, 2018
Jeet Heer
Trump says his former secretary of state was “dumb as a rock” and “lazy as hell.”
December 7, 2018
Jeet Heer
Rex Tillerson found it hard to work for a president who “doesn’t like to read.”
April 11, 2018
Magazine
Emily Atkin
Undoing American Climate Diplomacy
Trump’s new secretary of state does not improve the situation.
December 21, 2017
Jeet Heer
The Dangerous Incoherence of Trump’s Russia Policy
The president wants a partnership with Vladimir Putin, but his national security leaders are pursuing aggressive containment.
November 28, 2017
Magazine
Kimberly Marten
Digital Détente
The case for cyber peace with Russia
October 11, 2017
Jeet Heer
Now we know why Rex Tillerson called Trump a “moron.”
August 28, 2017
Alex Shephard
Is this the end of Rex Tillerson?
July 7, 2017
Brian Beutler
Trump Wants Russia to Interfere for Him Again
Ahead of his meeting with Putin, the president is sending strong signals that he would welcome more election meddling in the future.
June 15, 2017
Sam Fossum
Two people aren’t happy about the new sanctions against Russia: Vladimir Putin and Rex Tillerson.
April 3, 2017
Jeet Heer
Jared Kushner adds Iraq to his long to-do list.
March 6, 2017
Alex Shephard
Meet the new Muslim ban, pretty much same as the old Muslim ban.
February 10, 2017
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump does right thing, for wrong reason.
February 27, 2008
Steve LeVine
The End of Big Oil
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