![]() Tillerson famously calls him a “moron” after the meeting in the Tank. It also gives him the opportunity to do what he does best: to counterpunch, to insult and to direct attention away from his own weaknesses by acting like a middle school playground bully. ![]() But Trump has ultrasensitive antennae - at least, when it comes to himself he knows when he’s being patronized. They’re hoping to gently bring him up to speed. They are concerned that the president doesn’t know enough about the world, that he has a rather shaky grasp of geography, economics and military strategy. The meeting is a conspiracy hatched by Trump’s then-national security team, specifically Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and national security adviser H.R. ![]() ![]() That scene, which takes place in the Pentagon’s secure sanctuary called the Tank, has been reported before, most notably by Bob Woodward in “ Fear,” but Rucker and Leonnig provide new details of the president’s astonishing verbal assault and also the crucial context. ![]()
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