Tower Center Senior Fellow and Diplomat-in-Residence Ambassador Robert Jordan was interviewed on FOX about President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson.
Controversy has surrounded the nomination with some Republican senators, such as Marco Rubio and John McCain, questioning the pick due to Tillerson’s lack of diplomatic experience and his ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Jordan supports the choice, saying Tillerson has extended experience handling complex negotiations as CEO of a Exxon.
“Rex knows how to run a complex organization,” Jordan said. “The state department is in great need of management overhaul, of streamlining, and I think he’ll be good at that.”
Watch the interview here.