Fired by a tweet. Prior to joining the Trump administration, Tillerson was chairman and chief executive officer of ExxonMobil, holding that position from 2006 until 2017. Early this morning, the president announced via Twitter that Mike Pompeo, the current director of the CIA, would replace Secretary Rex Tillerson at the State Department. Fancy being the one tasked with handing that over to the boss. ... Tillerson was the chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil until 2016. Tillerson, looking and sounding defeated as he delivered an eight-minute farewell, said …

Rex Tillerson touched on a number of topics during the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's "A Conversation with a Living Legend" downtown at Hilton Americas-Houston.

Media caption From "moron" to "castration": a history of Trump v Tillerson bust-ups. Ministerial meeting in suburban Pasay city, southeast of Manila, Philippines, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017. U.S. State Secretary Rex Tillerson, fourth from right, links arms with ASEAN foreign ministers as they take part in the ASEAN-U.S. Rex Tillerson U.S. Secretary of State • Follow my assistant on Twitter or Instagram for information about foreign affairs: @erikgxmez www.whitehouse.gov Fancy being the one tasked with handing that over to the boss. Rex Tillerson had seen and learned much in his 41-year career at ExxonMobil Corp., and some of it proved useful in his 13 months as U.S. secretary of state. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and will nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to …

(FILES) This file photo taken on January 17, 2017 shows former ExxonMobil executive Rex Tillerson, US President-elect Donald Trump's pick for US Secretary off State, attending the Chairman's Global Dinner a black-tie, invitation-only dinner aimed at introducing foreign diplomats to the team tasked with implementing the "America First" policies of the next administration, in Washington, […] He served in that role starting in 2006, but … But Rex Tillerson’s deteriorated relationship with the president threatens to render that moot. Rex Tillerson is out as secretary of state. Media caption Rex Tillerson: ... Because Mr Tillerson is not on Twitter, the tweet had to be printed out. Late-night hosts wasted no time in poking fun at former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's firing Tuesday by President Donald Trump over Twitter. Rex Tillerson bid farewell to the State Department and revealed Trump had taken three hours to speak to him from Air Force One after firing him on Twitter.

His replacement is … WASHINGTON — Hours after President Trump announced his firing over Twitter, outgoing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday left the former real estate entrepreneur off the list of people he praised and thanked in a brief speech about his accomplishments and the future of his department. Rex Wayne Tillerson (born March 23, 1952) is an American engineer and energy executive who served as the 69th United States Secretary of State from February 1, 2017, to March 31, 2018, under President Donald Trump. US President Donald Trump has fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson via Twitter… Follow him on Twitter: @CurtMills.