Those empty desks at U.S. embassies and the State Department? They’re a big problem. What happens when the United States has no State Department? Trump isn’t draining the swamp, he’s drowning diplomacy. Present at the destruction: How Rex Tillerson is wrecking the State Department. While some learning curve is to be expected for a secretary of state lacking diplomatic or government experience, that Tillerson is so disconnected from his department is problematic for a number of reasons. Jennifer Rubin on how Tillerson has only himself to blame. Tillerson gets oil industry award, says he misses colleagues, expresses nostalgia for his former life as an oilman. Tillerson considered central figure in ExxonMobil investigation.
