Published 12:16 IST, December 8th 2018

'Dumb as a rock; lazy as hell': President Donald Trump on his former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

President Donald Trump, never known for taking criticism lying down, responded to unkind words from his former secretary of state Rex Tillerson on Friday by calling him “dumb as a rock” and “lazy as hell.”

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President Donald Trump, never kwn for taking criticism lying down, responded to unkind words from his former secretary of state Rex Tillerson on Friday by calling Tillerson “dumb as a rock” and “lazy as hell.” President Trump, while lavished praise on Tillerson’s replacement while demeaning man he chose as his first secretary of state said.

However, last year Trump apparently h a higher opinion of Tillerson’s abilities, calling him “our wonderful secretary of state” and declaring that “we work well toger.”

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attack from President Trump comes after Tillerson, former Exxon Mobil CEO, discussed his difficult tenure working for Trump at a rare public appearance in Houston on Thursday evening.

He called president “undisciplined” and said president “doesn’t like to re, doesn’t re briefing reports, doesn’t like to get into details of a lot of things.”

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Tillerson also said Trump frequently asked him to do things that he h to explain were illegal or orwise ill-vised. It was an extraordinary rebuke from a man Trump once said would be “a star!” at State Department.

Re: 'Trump Is Undisciplined, Acts On His Instincts': Former US secretary Of State Rex Tillerson

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Earlier, in an interesting turn of events, a teend girl from Assam won attention on social media for her reply to US President Donald Trump's tweet. In her tweet, 18-year-old girl took a jibe at US President for his tweet on global warming around globe.

After mercury dropped to -2 degree Celsius on vember 21 in Washington, USA, Donald Trump took to Twitter and wrote:

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To which teen replied:

(With inputs from AP)

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12:16 IST, December 8th 2018