Elliott Abrams, former deputy national security adviser in the Bush White House, was Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s top choice to serve as his deputy, but the appointment was nixed by President Trump, CNN reported. According to the report, it was Abrams’s early criticism of Trump that cost him the nomination. After Trump clinched the…
Rex Tillerson, President-elect Trump’s pick to be secretary of state, denounced countries that support the boycott Israel movement and questioned the two-state solution at his Senate confirmation hearing. The former Exxon CEO vowed to make the fight against BDS a key priority. “Countries [that support BDS] need to understand that it does shape our view…
Donald Trump’s choice of bankruptcy lawyer David Friedman for ambassador to Israel may possibly signal a dramatic policy move in the direction of the Israeli right. Or it might not. It depends on how you read the tea leaves. The messages coming out of Trump Tower are unusually scrambled, even for that gold-plated hothouse. Friedman,…
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, is the chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil, an energy company large enough to have its own foreign policy. It is a policy, however, that doesn’t always align with the priorities of Jewish and pro-Israel groups. Oil companies have clashed in the past with the…
Rex Tillerson will be Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, the president-elect tweeted this morning, setting off a new round of condemnations from Jewish groups. Jewish leaders are joining senators on both sides of the aisle in raising concerns about the Exxon Mobil CEO, who has close ties to Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin. While…
Donald Trump’s pick to be the next Secretary of State is making Jewish groups very nervous. Rex Tillerson, the multi-millionaire CEO of the multinational oil corporation Exxon Mobil, has been tapped succeed John Kerry as the chief U.S. diplomat, Trump’s transition team announced Tuesday. “There’s some real causes of concern,” said Ron Halber, executive director…
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