Rex Tillerson, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, personifies two major concerns about the incoming Trump administration: conflicts of interest and ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
As the long-serving CEO of U.S. oil giant Exxon Mobil, Tillerson has a close personal relationship with Putin, according to the latter’s business associates in Russia, who asked for anonymity because they still live in the country. “Probably closer than any other American,” says one senior Western banker who has worked in the country for nearly 20 years and has met Tillerson frequently. “There’s no other private U.S. citizen,” says a veteran …read more
Source: Newsweek
