Rex Tillerson denies reports he considered resigning

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said he never considered resigning and said he was as committed to President Donald Trump's agenda as much today as he was when he first accepted the offer to serve as the nation's top diplomat.


"I have never considered leaving this post," Mr Tillerson said at the State Department.

"I am here for as long as the president feels I can be useful to achieving his objectives."

"My commitment to the success of our president and our country is as strong as it was the day I accepted his offer to serve as secretary of state," Mr Tillerson said.

Mr Tillerson spoke after NBC News reported that Vice President Mike Pence and other top officials intervened to persuade him not to resign during the summer as tensions rose between Mr Trump and Mr Tillerson.

The Secretary of State also dismissed a report that he had called the president a "moron" as "petty nonsense".
 [rte.ie]
 4/10/17