By John Hudson and John Hudson National security reporter focusing on the State Department and diplomacy. Email Bio Follow Josh Dawsey Josh Dawsey Reporter covering the White House Email Bio Follow May 22 at 8:19 PM Former secretary of state Rex Tillerson told members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee that Russian President Vladimir Putin out-prepared President Trump during a key meeting in Germany, putting the U.S.
Tillerson, whose public remarks about the president have been sparse since his dramatic firing in March 2018, spoke to a bipartisan group of lawmakers and staffers Tuesday at the request of the chairman of the committee, Rep. Eliot L. Engel . In the past, Trump has downplayed the importance of preparation, saying his gut instinct and ability to read a room are paramount for a successful summit.
When asked about the former secretary’s remarks, a Republican committee aide said that “we believe Tillerson’s testimony best speaks for itself, and are hopeful that our Democrat Chairman will release the full transcript of the meeting to the public soon.” “Those American values — freedom, democracy, individual liberty and human dignity — are the North Star that guided every action I took at the State Department,” Tillerson said, according to a person in the room.
Does he prepare for any of his meetings? I seriously doubt that he does any prep.
Trump just seems to half ass everything.
Fake News!
OMG The former head of the KGB/FSB outmaneuvered the bankrupt reality TV star?
No surprise here...
No kidding.
I ot
I have a 7 year old girl who is obsessed with kenetic sand and ice cream, and I'm confident that she would give Trump a run for his money regarding preparedness, of anything.
HouseIntel SecPompeo senatemajldr SenJohnKennedy GOP JohnCornyn SenRonJohnson SenTomCotton SenJohnThune SenJohnBarrasso This is a national emergency.
Putin got exactly what he paid for.
Another day , another hit piece from tha WaPo.
An aged sloth could easily out-prepare trump—& using less executive time
I’m not sure why that mattered...the right SMEs were thee in our side. Just a click bait article...
Blind Freddy could've seen that Putin was shooting fishing a barrel. So obvious, it was painful. Trump SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ALLOWED to walk into that room in Helsinki. Putin will pay the price for humiliating us. Revenge is coming.
No SURPRISE
It’s clear every minute that realDonaldTrump is unqualified to be POTUS. He thinks it’s an Apprentice episode. It’s a fucking comedy.
Putin spent years preparing to make the useful idiot president. Now all he has to do is give orders.
randy10307 A gnat can out-prepare him.
Trump prepares? I thought he just went with his massive gut.
So Putin didn't slobber on himself and managed not to grab anyone's private parts even though he's famous
Out smarted Obama!!
OMG WaPo, there is no 'out preparing' DJT, and it was no great challenge to turn a greedy lazy sociopath into an asset.
Everyone out-prepares Trump! He just wings it!
I somehow don’t think that would be a heavy lift for Putin or anyone else for that matter.
knammari1 realDonaldTrump 😂🤣😂😄😁😄🤣😂😄🤣😂🤣😄🤣😃😄😂😃
A labrador retriever outprepares Trump when going for a walk.
Putin is former KGB ... trump doesn't have a chance
How hard would it be to put prepare realDonaldTrump? The guy doesn’t read, listen or prepare in anyway. A first grader could out prepare trump. DerangedDonald TrumpTantrum impeachment
Interesting. There are meetings and there are actions...Trump v Putin..Trump confronts German purchases of Russian energy, arms Ukraine with more than just band-aids, increases NATO member spending, rebuilds US Mil with 800 billion for new ships, planes, tanks, missiles.Action
Anyone could out prepare Trump.
In related news, water is wet.
America has no values, Rex. A country with values does not choose a corrupt, treasonous criminal to be it's leader, and then work to keep him there, including you Rex. Trump is America. Why would we conclude otherwise?
You mean the former KGB agent that has been running Russia for years and successfully interfered in the US Presidential elections out-prepared Trump?
Does this surprise anyone?
No Surprise Here!
Tillerson was the only adult in the room. Don't like what he does but at least he had a clue. Trump is so stupid.
Anybody surprised by this?
This tweet was highly offensive to my 5th grader.
trumponetermpres
Surprising to anyone? Not if you have any common sense.
Let’s be real. Trump did zero prep.
Putin owns realDonaldTrump
whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
Any other period, 'Putin out-prepared THE PRESIDENT in long, freewheeling meeting, former secretary of state told House panel!!!' would terrify and anger every American!
Well duh
That’s not a stretch
President Wing Nut
President Wing It
Well, no shit
Duh!
My dog does that. Daily.
so more than zero
If Putin prepared for 5 minutes that would be enough to create a discrepancy.
Bro, a KGB agent against a guy who couldn't manage dealing with a porn star. That same guy is talking shit to Iran.
God help our democracy.
out-prepare this guy? I don't think so. realDonaldTrump
I wanna know what the oranges of this story.
How hard could that be
The likelihood that 🍊🤡 doesn’t tweet at Tillerson by tomorrow afternoon even though WaPo is fake news?
It's not hard to 'out-prepare' someone who doesn't prepare at all. Trump thinks he's the smartest man in the world, when in reality he is one of the dumbest.
That wouldn't be v difficult
Pourquoi vous avez dit sa Mr vous avez des préves
this report of yours, exemplifies why POTUS and IRS should never release his tax returns. No information that comes in to any democrats hands, is kept confidential. they leak this information despite the privacy laws (in the case of tax returns) that make that illegal.
GrnEyedMandy Duh! Trump was hoping meeting included carpet swatch’s?
Poor disgruntled Rex. You weren’t very good at defending this Nation.
Trump is too incompetent to be the town dog catcher, much less President.
trump prepared?🤨😂🤣😂🤣
My dog who I'm 90% suffered brain damage out performs Trump
BS
Tillerson wasn’t prepared for his job!
april_kellinger Well lets check to see if I'm surprised......lol
Dude don’t shame yourself more than you have already
You can put lipstick on a pig......
Of course he was out maneuvered.
Because Trump is Thick and Bloody Lazy.
That was NOT a difficult task.
You mean his “gut” wasn’t good enough?
My dog out-prepares Trump, and could out-negotiate him, too.
Tillerson setting himself up for a tongue lashing from the golden tongue,
Rex, at least he has a set of balls unlike the rest of the GOP. No balls and STD scared to death of Trump
All Putin had to do to out prepare 45 was bring toilet paper and a purple crayon to
Um...Trump can’t read. You know this, right? 🤔
That seems like something that would be easy to do, what with the President’s Twitter time, tee times, and aversion to reading (other than Tweets, that is).
Putin’s been preparing Trump for a long time.
My cat could out prep Trump.
GlennKesslerWP True, even if Putin had only spent 5 minutes skimming an episode of The Apprentice
A nerf football out prepares Trump
My fellow teddy bears could outperform this POTUS.🧸🧸🧸 TrumpObstructedJustice LockHimUp
A gerbil is more prepared than tRump
My 8 year old daughter out prepared Trump. It’s a pretty low bar.
Big surprise, a kgb agent was more prepared then a reality show guy
Hopefully he had something actual intel for the house panel, and not this obvi bullshit.
No surprise.
Shocking, not.
Stormin Rex is back with a whimper.
Amateur hour....
Zzzzzzz
Trump only looks and sounds like an idiot. But he’s playing 12-D chess. Right?
I still want to know who floated the idea for Tillerson to be Secretary of State.
I don't think this is news to anybody
Not in the least surprising.
This should shock absolutely nobody. The most preparation Trump does is with his hair and wardrobe.
Trump couldn’t show up the boss!
That’s surprising
No doubt! Putin plays world-class chess while Trump is still learning to set up a checker board. Trump is clearly unfit to serve as President.
That is because trump is not prepared for ANYTHING!
Out prepared! That sounds like some Trump haters opinion. Something I doubt very much. I would believe he lied to Trump & being the man Trump is & trying to get a deal did not call Putin a liar. WAP hates Trump & is all BS. Useless for NEWS or Truth.
Rex didn't have the goods which is why President Trump sent him packing. Mike Pompeo is showing how it's done. ☺
An incompetent 3rd-grader could out-prepare trump, so that’s not saying much.
Shouldn’t the puppet master be more prepared than the puppet?.....
Nothing new!!
Well ofcourse
This is not surprising, but his base will say it is a lie.
In other not shocking news....
Bitter because he was axed.
Nooo sheet!
The least surprising thing I've heard this week.
That’s because Putin is the boss, and Trump is the employee.
Not surprised!
A former KGB agent out-prepared Trump? Shock horror!
Shocking.
Not a difficult task.
And that's a surprise
Which means he spent all of 5 minutes preparing for Trump?
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