Topics: Political

2016-12-17

After rejecting several candidates for Secretary of State, Trump settled on oilman Rex Tillerson, chairman of Exxon-Mobil – the modern incarnation of Rockefeller's Standard Oil trust and a "founding sponsor" of the CFR. Tillerson is not listed as a CFR member. However, he is a trustee at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a CFR affiliate dominated by CFR members. The choice was made on the recommendation of CFR members Robert Gates, Condoleeza Rice, Stephen Hadley, and James Baker. It was seconded by CFR members Dick Cheney and Henry Kissinger – also a CSIS trustee.

The deputy Secretary of State is likely to be neocon CFR member John Bolton, former UN ambassador and advisor at the pro-Zionist "United Against Nuclear Iran" (UANI) organization along with Jeb Bush and CFR members Joe Lieberman, Dennis Ross, and James Woolsey. [Update Feb 2017: Tillerson picked neocon CFR member Elliot Abrams as deputy, but was blocked by Trump. Bolton was then considered for National Security Advisor, but Trump selected CFR member Gen. Herbert McMaster instead.]

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