— Philip Rucker, Carol LeonnigOthers at the table noticed Trump’s stream of venom had taken an emotional toll. So many people in that room had gone to war and risked their lives for their country, and now they were being dressed down by a president who had not. They felt sick to their stomachs. Tillerson told others he thought he saw a woman in the room silently crying. He was furious and decided he couldn’t stand it another minute.
Replicated under Fair Use from A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America by Philip Rucker, Carol Leonnig.