President Donald Trump is contemplating replacing Rex Tillerson as secretary of state with Mike Pompeo, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, according to US media reports, because of the increasingly sour relationship between them.
The New York Times and Washington Post on Thursday said that John Kelly, White House chief of staff, had crafted a plan to oust Mr Tillerson, the former ExxonMobil chief executive, around the end of the year. Mr Trump did not refute the claims when asked by reporters at the White House.
“He’s here. Rex is here,” Mr Trump responded when pressed by reporters.
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