The following article by Luke Barnes was posted on the ThinkProgress website March 13, 2018:
Trump installs former ‘Fox and Friends’ host as under secretary of state
A State Department spokeswoman and former Fox and Friends co-host will replace a top aide to former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson who contradicted the official account of how Tillerson was fired Tuesday.
Steve Goldstein, former under secretary of public affairs, said that Tillerson found out about his firing on Tuesday morning after reading a tweet from President Donald Trump. The White House said that chief of staff John Kelly had previously told Tillerson he would be replaced. Goldstein, who had only been at his post since December, was fired on Tuesday as well. Continue reading “Trump installs former ‘Fox and Friends’ host as under secretary of state”