Aw, shucks, guess Sexie Rexie got the boot! ;-)

The New York Times reports Rex W. Tillerson’s employment as Secretary of State was abruptly terminated on Tuesday (paywall). Yeah, and the Thief-in-Chief™ did it in such a classy way too – again, from the Times:

Mr. Tillerson learned he had been fired on Tuesday morning when a top aide showed him a tweet…

The Washington Post headline reads “Trump Ousts Tillerson” (paywall), going on to confirm:

Steve Goldstein, undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, said that Tillerson was “unaware of the reason” for his firing and had not spoken directly with Trump.

…and was promptly terminated for having told the truth instead of lying to the public! According to the Post:

…a top State Department spokesman [Goldstein] offered a different version of events — and was swiftly fired for contradicting the White House.

The Post goes on to say Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, is Trump’s choice as Tillerson’s replacement. So I guess the primary qualifier for pretty much any senior position in the White House is “likeability”… Again, from the Washington Post:

Pompeo long has been mentioned as Tillerson’s most likely replacement. As CIA director, the former Republican lawmaker from Kansas developed a warm relationship with Trump, often delivering the President’s Daily Brief to Trump in person and racing over to the West Wing at a moment’s notice to field the president’s queries on a range of topics.

Wow, Pompeo sounds like a boot-licking sycophant! Sad. The so-called “adult quotient” in the White House continues to decline – who’s next?