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    Tillerson Says He Never Considered Resigning, Doesn't Deny Calling Trump A 'Moron'

    The secretary of state denied a report that he considered stepping down, but did not deny that he called the president a "moron" after a hotly political speech before the Boy Scouts over the summer.
    by Domenico Montanaro Oct 04, 2017 2 minutes
    Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said at a briefing Wednesday that a news report that he intended to resign was "intended to divide" and that he was "not going to deal with petty nonsense." / JIM WATSON / Getty Images

    Updated at 1:29 p.m. ET

    Rex Tillerson denied a report out early Wednesday that he considered resigning as secretary of state, but he did not deny another detail in the report — that he called President Trump a "moron."

    "I'm not going tothat he considered stepping down after Trump made before the Boy Scouts over the summer.

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