Tillerson Summoned to White House Amid Presidential Fury
By Carol E. Lee and Kristen Welker and Courtney Kube and Andrea Mitchell -- NBC NEW#S
Additional reporting from Peter Alexander, Hallie Jackson and Vivian Salama.
WASHINGTON — John Kelly, the White House chief of staff, abruptly scrapped plans to travel with President Donald Trump on Wednesday so he could try to contain his boss's fury and manage the fallout from new revelations about tensions between the president and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, according to six senior administration officials.
Kelly summoned Tillerson, and their ally Defense Secretary James Mattis, to the White House, where the three of them huddled to discuss a path forward, according to three administration officials. The White House downplayed Kelly's decision to stay in Washington, saying he did so to manage day-to-day operations.
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