Trump unloads on NBC after report says Tillerson called him a 'moron'  Business Insider
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 President Donald Trump  blasted NBC News in a tweet on Wednesday after the outlet reported that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called the president a âmoron.â
âNBC news is #FakeNews and more dishonest than even CNN â  Trump  tweeted. âThey are a disgrace to good reporting. No wonder their news ratings are way down!â
NBC News had reported that Tillerson disparaged the president after a meeting on Afghanistan in which  Trump  compared âthe decision-making process on troop levels to the renovation of a high-end New York restaurant.â The news outlet also reported that Tillerson had considered resigning.
As Business Insiderâs Joe Perticone noticed   Trump âs social media director Dan Scavino sent an identical tweet at the same moment  suggesting that  Trump  himself might not have written the tweet.
Tillerson addressed the story on Wednesday in a public address  saying  he  was committed to the president and to his role as secretary of state and trying to dispel the notion that he wanted to leave the post. He also denied that Vice President Mike Pence intervened to persuade him to stay in the job.
âIâm not going to deal with petty stuff like that â Tillerson said when asked about NBC Newsâ reporting that claimed he called  Trump  a âmoron.â
Following Tillersonâs comments   Trump  tweeted that  his  secretary of state âtotally refutedâ the story and called on NBC News to apologize âto AMERICA!â
 [TGT]  . source Chris Kleponis-Pool/Getty Images
 President Donald Trump  blasted NBC News in a tweet on Wednesday after the outlet reported that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called the president a âmoron.â
âNBC news is #FakeNews and more dishonest than even CNN â   [TGT]   tweeted.  [TGT]  are a disgrace to good reporting. No wonder their news ratings are way down!â
NBC News had reported that Tillerson disparaged the president after a meeting on Afghanistan in which   [TGT]   compared âthe decision-making process on troop levels to the renovation of a high-end New York restaurant.â The news outlet also reported that Tillerson had considered resigning.
As Business Insiderâs Joe Perticone noticed    [TGT]  âs social media director Dan Scavino sent an identical tweet at the same moment  suggesting that   [TGT]  might not have written the tweet.
Tillerson addressed the story on Wednesday in a public address  saying   [TGT]   was committed to the president and to his role as secretary of state and trying to dispel the notion that he wanted to leave the post. He also denied that Vice President Mike Pence intervened to persuade him to stay in the job.
âIâm not going to deal with petty stuff like that â Tillerson said when asked about NBC Newsâ reporting that claimed he called  Trump  a âmoron.â
Following Tillersonâs comments   Trump  tweeted that  his  secretary of state âtotally refutedâ the story and called on NBC News to apologize âto AMERICA!â