UPDATE: A further discussion about Donald Trump’s dismissal of Rex Tillerson, with Austria’s Radio FM4:

Tillerson’s replacement, CIA Director Mike Pompeo, represents that more forceful side of American policy that Donald Trump expresses in his Twitter chat. The most important thing about Pompeo is that he will be a Yes Man for Trump.

Listen to Discussion from 12:16


Amid the fallout over Donald Trump’s firing of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (pictured), I joined Monocle 24’s The Briefing on Wednesday to assess where US foreign policy is heading — and who might be next to be thrown overboard by the White House.

If [National Security Advisor H.R.] McMaster goes, that’s key. This pragmatic response to Trump — this idea of acting not as if you’re at a campaign rally, not as if you’re on Twitter but what you can actually get done internationally — crumbles with [Defense Secretary] Jim Mattis the last man standing.

See also The Shambles of Trump’s “Family and Friends” Foreign Policy
Podcast: Trump Fires Tillerson

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