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President Trump has fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson after months of on-again off-again speculation that Tillerson would be fired or quit any day.

Trump made the announcement this morning on, where else, Twitter.

He also said in the same tweet that CIA director Mike Pompeo is his pick for Secretary of State.

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It was an unceremonious end for Rex Tillerson after his tumultuous one year, one month, and 12 days, a Secretary of State.

He was by some accounts at least fired by tweet at 8.44 this morning.

President Trump posted, quote, Mike Pompeo, director of the CIA will become our new Secretary of State.

He will do a fantastic job, exclamation point.

Thank you to Rex Tillerson for his service, exclamation point.

Gina Haspel will become the new director of the CIA and the first woman so chosen.

Congratulations to all, exclamation point.

And we've talked about this possibility of President Trump getting rid of Rex Tillerson off and on for months so much so that there was a term for it, Rex it.

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