Trump asked Tillerson to leave one of the most powerful corporate positions on earth. Trump then bullied him, showed contempt for him & ignored him as if Tillerson was a six-year-old. Then Trump fired Tillerson via Twitter, without the guts or grace to tell him face to face.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/973540316656623616 …
... and he did it within 24 hours of Tillerson expressing support for an old ally, during a confrontation with Putin, the only senior official to do this so far.