Even though US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is in Jerusalem, a statement from him condemning the Manchester attack puts him in Washington, DC.
“Our hearts go out to the families of those who have lost loved ones and to those injured in the attack in Manchester, U.K,” he says.
A State Department statement putting Rex Tillerson in Washington, on May 23, 2017.
“While it is too early to determine those responsible for this atrocity, we are working closely with the British government and supporting their efforts to investigate and respond to this attack.”
This isn’t the first time Tillerson has wrestled with geographical woes. On Monday, asked by reporters if he was going to Jerusalem, he said his plane was going to “Tel Aviv, the home of Judaism” even though he has spent most of the trip in Jerusalem.
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