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http:// abcnews.go.com/International/tillerson-cuts-africa-trip-short-continues-face-questions/story?id=53692152
>Fired because he went against Trump in his communication with President of Chad who was upset about having his country referred to by Trump as a shithole and being put on the visa ban list. Tillerson was trying to reverse that ban and was also the first US Sec of State to ever visit Chad.
In January, Trump referred to African nations and Haiti as "s—hole" countries and asked why the U.S. couldn't take in more immigrants from countries like Norway. Trump eventually denied using the term, but his secretary of state has taken tough questions during his first tour of the continent about those remarks. After more than a year in office, Tillerson finally visited Africa, becoming the highest-ranking Trump administration official to do so.
"Those statements shocked almost all Africans," Chadian Foreign Minister Mahamat Zene Cherif said at a press conference next to Tillerson, but he added, "We made efforts on either side to move ahead and look at the future with optimism."
Moving past those comments and finding ways to work together is the message Tillerson has focused on in each stop - one that African leaders expressed a desire for as well, according to two African diplomats in Washington.
But Tillerson was also challenged over Trump's policies, especially in Chad, which was listed on the administration's third version of the travel ban. On September 24, just as its second ban on issuing visas to citizens of six Muslim-majority countries was about to expire, the administration issued a new proclamation on seven countries – Iran, Libya, Syria, and Yemen of the original bans, plus Venezuela, North Korea, and Chad.
Chad's inclusion shocked many experts, including at the State Department, because the country has been a strong regional ally for the U.S. and critical to its efforts to combat the growing terror threat in sub-Saharan Africa. Chad itself was deeply offended and confused by the announcement and has worked since then to be removed.
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