Tillerson: Obama Administration and Rex Tillerson

tillerson: The surprising shift in tone by Tillerson, a former Exxon Mobil CEO and Russian Order of Friendship recipient, reflected the difficulty Trump will have in persuading Democrats and Republicans to broach a broad rapprochement with President Vladimir Putin's government, according to CTV. Calling Russia a danger to the United States, Tillerson said he would keep U.S. sanctions in place and consider new penalties related to Russian meddling in the presidential election. Instead, Rex Tillerson suggested the outgoing Obama administration responded too softly to Moscow's takeover of Ukrainian territory. Although he said he hadn't read last week's classified assessment by the U.S. intelligence community, Tillerson said it was a fair assumption that Putin would have ordered the operation that purportedly included hacking, propaganda and internet trolls to harm Hillary Clinton's candidacy and advance Trump's. Russia today poses a danger, but it is not unpredictable in advancing its own interests, Tillerson told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. But in a puzzling revelation, Tillerson conceded he hadn't yet talked with Trump about a Russia policy. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.