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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 338

Rex Tillerson

Then-US president Donald Trump, center, is flanked by then-ambassador to Israel David Friedman, left, and then-senior adviser Jared Kushner in the Oval Office on August 12, 2020. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
February 10, 2022, 7:02 pm
In new book, Trump’s Israel envoy hammers 4 rocky years into a smooth path to peace
David Friedman’s memoir ‘Sledgehammer’ finds the former ambassador unsnarling years of broken diplomacy for a new Middle East, though others recall a less tidy narrative
By Jacob Magid
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman at the Western Wall on the final day of his tenure, January 20, 2021 (Courtesy)
February 8, 2021, 6:42 pm
No longer US ambassador, David Friedman is sticking to his sledgehammers
The ex-envoy maintains the last 4 years were an unequivocal success, thanks to the White House’s ‘inexperienced’ crew, which smashed precedent and forged a new path
By Lazar Berman
Then-US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with outgoing US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley in the Oval Office of the White House, October 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
November 13, 2019, 1:46 am
In new book, Haley says Tillerson vehemently opposed embassy move to Jerusalem
Former US envoy to United Nations dedicates chapter to Israel, and the White House in-fighting it drew; details how she tried to ‘change the culture’ of anti-Israel bias at the UN
By Eric Cortellessa
US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Nikki Haley, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations in the Oval office of the White House on October 9, 2018 in Washington, DC. (AFP PHOTO / Olivier Douliery)
November 10, 2019, 10:23 pm
Haley, in book, says Tillerson and Kelly tried to subvert Trump
In memoir, former UN ambassador writes that top aides to US president told her they were acting in the best interests of country
By AFP
US President Donald Trump arrives to greet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
September 22, 2019, 2:51 am
Trump heads to UN with long list of deals he’s yet to close
The US president has vowed progress on Israel and the Palestinians, Iran, Afghanistan, North Korea and numerous trade deals. Some efforts are inching forward. Others have stalled
By Deb Riechmann
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson in Washington, D.C., February 15, 2017. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
September 19, 2019, 8:35 pm
Tillerson says Netanyahu skillfully ‘played’ Trump using misinformation
Ex-secretary of state calls prime minister’s diplomacy style ‘a bit Machiavellian,’ Netanyahu does not deny account, says ‘Israel is the good guy’
By AFP and Raphael Ahren
In this photo from June 12, 2017, then-secretary of state Rex Tillerson, left, and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner listen as US President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
June 28, 2019, 7:48 am
Tillerson says Kushner conducted foreign policy behind his back
Ex-secretary of state tells congressional hearing that Trump’s son-in-law ‘met often’ with Saudi crown prince, took Mexican FM out to dinner in Washington without telling him
By Ben Fox
US President Donald Trump, left, on stage with Republican gubernatorial candidate Secretary of State Kris Kobach, right, during a campaign rally at Kansas Expocentre, October 6, 2018 in Topeka, Kansas. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
June 24, 2019, 6:08 am
Leaked docs show ‘red flags’ of officials vetted for Trump administration
Axios publishes trove of papers; one nominee was marked for his relationship with Russia, another for his alleged ties to white supremacists
By AFP
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press conference at the US Department of State in Washington, DC, on April 22, 2019. (AFP/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds)
April 26, 2019, 10:07 am
With ‘swagger,’ Pompeo navigates tightrope between Trump and world
Secretary has been rare Trump official to stay consistently in his good graces, loyally defending his boss’s decisions even after advocating other approaches behind the scenes
By Shaun Tandon
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (C-R) is greeted by Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa (C-L) after arriving in Manama International Airport in Manama on January 11, 2019. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool/AFP)
January 11, 2019, 3:20 pm
US to convene global summit on Iran next month, Pompeo says
Secretary of state, who is in the region to reassure allies about Syria pullout, says Poland meeting will bring together ‘dozens of countries’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife Susan pose for a photo as they tour the newly inaugurated Cathedral of the Nativity Christ, in Egypt's New Administrative Capital, east of Cairo, Thursday, January 10, 2019. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP)
January 11, 2019, 11:02 am
Pompeo takes anti-Iran message to Gulf Arab states
US secretary of state to push for unity among Washington’s allies and reassure them that troop pullout from Syria is not abandonment
By Matthew Lee
President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 13, 2017. From left are Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, Small Business Administration Administrator Linda McMahon, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, Vice President Mike Pence, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, and Defense Secretary James Mattis. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
December 21, 2018, 7:03 pm
As advisers leave, Trump’s guardrails come off
Mattis resignation marks the end of the ‘axis of adults,’ senior advisers who worked to guide the president and curb his most disruptive impulses
By Julie Pace and Zeke Miller
US President Donald Trump smiles as Defense Secretary James Mattis (C) looks on during a meeting with senior military leaders at the White House on October 5, 2017.(AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)
December 21, 2018, 7:40 am
Jim Mattis: The ‘Mad Dog’ who for two years concealed his true thoughts on Trump
Outgoing defense secretary’s resignation letter spelled out the obvious: The president’s world view was irreconcilable with his own
By AFP
Rex Tillerson, outgoing US secretary of state, makes a statement after his dismissal at the State Department in Washington, DC, March 13, 2018. (AFP/Saul Loeb)
December 7, 2018, 11:24 pm
Tillerson slams ‘undisciplined’ Trump, who calls ex-diplomat ‘dumb as a rock’
Former secretary of state, fired in March, recalls: I’d have to say to him, ‘Well, Mr. President, I understand what you want to do, but you can’t do it that way’
By Shaun Tandon
US President Donald Trump speaks during a fundraiser in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, September 7, 2018. (AP/Susan Walsh)
September 8, 2018, 5:00 am
US foreign policy a tug-of-war between Trump, staff
Two accounts of the White House approach to foreign policy appear to show an administration in chaos and aides plotting to head off potential disasters
By Francesco FONTEMAGGI
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