Among Donald Trump’s cabinet members, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has thus far dominated the pr*sident’s time. By Politico’s count last month, Tillerson had met with Trump 22 times, while Environmental Protection Agency destroyer Scott Pruitt didn’t even get a mention in the tally (graphic below).
Pruitt’s Oval Office stock may have risen slightly in the run-up to Donald Trump’s cynical political ploy to shore up his base by trashing the planet. But what’s clear is that Tillerson, who reportedly argued against pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement, didn’t spend much of his early political capital with Trump laying the …read more
Source: Daily Kos