Tillerson: ‘I’m Just Not Going To Dignify’ Queries About Calling Trump A ‘Moron’

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson pauses while speaking to State Department employees, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday again declined to deny that he called President Donald Trump a “moron.”

“Is it true? Did you call him a moron?” Jake Tapper asked Tillerson on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“I’m just not going to dignify the question,” Tillerson replied.  “I call the President ‘Mr. President.’ He and I have a very, very open, frank and candid relationship.”

Responding to reports that Tillerson openly characterized him as a “moron” earlier in the year, Trump said, “If he did that, I guess we’ll have to compare IQ tests. And I can tell you who is going to win.”

“He made a joke,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on Tuesday of Trump’s remark. “The President certainly never implied that the secretary of state was not incredibly intelligent.”

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