"“I told Rex Tillerson, our wonderful Secretary of State, that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man,” the president tweeted. “Save your energy Rex, we’ll do what has to be done!”
"Donald Trump is basically announcing that any negotiations with North Korea are worthless. This not only undercut Tillerson personally, but also undermines U.S. interests and the secretary of state’s sensible decision to talk to the North Korean regime. To make matters worse, all of this is occurring while Tillerson is in Beijing to prepare for the president’s trip to China next month—so the president kneecapped his own top diplomat in front of America’s chief rival in Asia"
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/10/01/should-rex-tillerson-resign-215664
"Tillerson said Saturday that the United States was in direct communication with North Korea in an effort to reduce tensions between the two longtime foes."
"President Donald Trump on Sunday seemed to undercut his own secretary of state and escalate the ongoing nuclear crisis with North Korea, tweeting that Rex Tillerson's efforts to negotiate with Kim Jong Un's regime were essentially useless"
"The president's remarks seemed to defy a cardinal rule of international diplomacy — maintaining a unified front amid ongoing diplomatic efforts"
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/01/trump-tillerson-korea-twitter-243339
If I had to bet, I'd wager that the President didn't even know what Tillerson was doing in China nor what he was working on diplomatically, probably too busy planning his next tweets on the NFL and his personal attacks on Puerto Rico
"Donald Trump is basically announcing that any negotiations with North Korea are worthless. This not only undercut Tillerson personally, but also undermines U.S. interests and the secretary of state’s sensible decision to talk to the North Korean regime. To make matters worse, all of this is occurring while Tillerson is in Beijing to prepare for the president’s trip to China next month—so the president kneecapped his own top diplomat in front of America’s chief rival in Asia"
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/10/01/should-rex-tillerson-resign-215664
"Tillerson said Saturday that the United States was in direct communication with North Korea in an effort to reduce tensions between the two longtime foes."
"President Donald Trump on Sunday seemed to undercut his own secretary of state and escalate the ongoing nuclear crisis with North Korea, tweeting that Rex Tillerson's efforts to negotiate with Kim Jong Un's regime were essentially useless"
"The president's remarks seemed to defy a cardinal rule of international diplomacy — maintaining a unified front amid ongoing diplomatic efforts"
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/01/trump-tillerson-korea-twitter-243339
If I had to bet, I'd wager that the President didn't even know what Tillerson was doing in China nor what he was working on diplomatically, probably too busy planning his next tweets on the NFL and his personal attacks on Puerto Rico