Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

The New Washington

The New York Times

News, Politics

4.5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2017

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

America’s foreign policy playbook changed the moment Donald J. Trump was elected, leaving State Department staff and their international counterparts wondering what the new era might look like. Under Secretary Tillerson, they are still searching for answers. Mr. Tillerson spoke with Jason Zengerle about his greatest diplomatic challenge, how he factors the president’s tweets into foreign policy strategy and more.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, this is the new Washington.
0:03.2	I'm Michael Barbaro.
0:04.8	Today, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
0:07.6	Is your philosophy drill baby drill?
0:11.6	You know, my philosophy is to make money.
0:14.0	In your opinion, Saudi Arabia, and human rights violated.
0:18.0	Saudi Arabia certainly does not share the same values of America.
0:22.0	Funding does not equal results.
0:24.1	Show me your results, and I'll tell you your commitment.
0:26.6	He's not throwing these things away.
0:28.2	He is challenging them for this century.
0:31.1	How should we define these relationships?
0:33.2	Is it true?
0:34.2	Can you follow the morning?
0:35.2	I'm not playing.
0:36.2	You want to make a game out of it?
0:37.2	I'm not playing.
0:38.2	I've told others those diplomatic efforts will continue until the first bomb drops.
0:46.0	You just get back from the White House? Yeah, I was over there for a couple of hours.
0:48.0	It must be an interesting time to be there.
0:50.0	Well, there's a lot of things going on, so they have to decide what, there could be a lot of things that are interesting.
0:56.0	Yeah, interesting, your company is a whole lot.
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