Rex Tillerson: “Diplomacy is not the same as deal making.”

I am deeply troubled by the lack of transparency in many Chinese loans.

If our leaders seek to conceal the truth, or we as people become accepting of alternative realities that are no longer grounded in facts, then we as American citizens are on a pathway to relinquishing our freedom.

Russia has often employed malicious tactics against the U.S. and Europe to drive us apart, and serially harassing and intimidating diplomats are not the behaviors of a responsible nation.

The President got tired of me being the guy who had to tell him, no, Mr. President, you can't do that, it's illegal.