Tillerson declines host Ramadan event at State Department, breaking 20-year tradition. - Polidicks

[url]http://www.reuters.com/article/us-religion-ramadan-usa-tillerson-exclsu-idUSKBN18M2IE?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social[/url] [QUOTE] Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has declined a request to host an event to mark Islam's holy month of Ramadan, two U.S. officials said, apparently breaking with a bipartisan tradition in place with few exceptions for nearly 20 years. Since 1999, Republican and Democratic secretaries of state have nearly always hosted either an iftar dinner to break the day's fast during Ramadan or a reception marking the Eid al-Fitr holiday at the end of the month, at the State Department. Tillerson turned down a request from the State Department's Office of Religion and Global Affairs to host an Eid al-Fitr reception as part of Ramadan celebrations, said two U.S. officials who declined to be identified because they were not authorized to speak publicly. [/QUOTE]

What a big baby.

[QUOTE=F.X Clampazzo;52279707]What a big baby.[/QUOTE] I don't really see what the big deal is

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;52279779]I don't really see what the big deal is[/QUOTE] Yeah it seems pretty obvious that trump doesn't like muslims

[QUOTE=Lambeth;52279822]Yeah it seems pretty obvious that trump doesn't like muslims[/QUOTE] Unless there's clear evidence that Trump told Tillerson to not do this, I don't see what Trump matters in the slightest with this.

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;52279859]Unless there's clear evidence that Trump told Tillerson to not do this, I don't see what Trump matters in the slightest with this.[/QUOTE] Because he's the one that put Tillerson in that role, how is he not related [i]he's his boss[/i]. If I go to a McDonalds and the cashier says 'sorry sir we don't serve whites here,' and I ask for the manager and he says 'that employee is his own person, sir,' is that acceptable? That's even a poor analogy considering it's fairly obvious Trump purposefully installed bigoted cronies into his administration.

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;52279859]Unless there's clear evidence that Trump told Tillerson to not do this, I don't see what Trump matters in the slightest with this.[/QUOTE] Do you think Tillerson is a completely autonomous figure as Secretary of State?

[QUOTE=Lambeth;52279924]Do you think Tillerson is a completely autonomous figure as Secretary of State?[/QUOTE] Do you think he asks Trump for permission to breath?

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;52279959]Do you think he asks Trump for permission to breath?[/QUOTE] No, but I imagine that someone who has gone on the record saying to ban Muslims from the US is not that far ideologically from someone who is appointed to that position by said person. This has been a tradition since the Clinton administration. It's not that hard to connect the dots.

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;52279959]Do you think he asks Trump for permission to breath?[/QUOTE] No, but I imagine he [I]does[/I] consult with Trump on matters relating to how he carries out his duties of office, especially as they pertain to the overall objectives and attitudes of the administration.

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;52279959]Do you think he asks Trump for permission to breath?[/QUOTE] Of course not but department heads at their core are supposed to express the ideology of their president.

The sad truth is, this is likely an attempt to win more brownie points from their target voting demographic, being the chest-thumping, gun-loving, Muslim-hating part of America. You know, the kind that get pissed off because Muslim women, on their own volition/according to their own religious beliefs, wear hijabs in public [I]in America[/I].

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;52279779]I don't really see what the big deal is[/QUOTE] the secretary of state doesn't like to do the job of being the head of the US ambassador system, hell tillerson doesn't like all the parts of the job that don't involve oil it seems