Tillerson vows to stay after report he was near resigning

Bloomberg

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said he’s “never considered” leaving his job, rejecting news reports that he had denigrated President Donald Trump and weighed resigning.
“My commitment to the success of the president and the country is as strong as it was the day I accepted his offer to serve as secretary of state,” Tillerson, 65, told reporters at the State Department in Washington. “I have never considered leaving this post.”
The hastily called announcement followed a report earlier on Wednesday by NBC News that Tillerson considered
resigning over the summer and referred to the president as
a “moron.”
Asked to comment on that claim, Tillerson said “I’m not going to deal with petty stuff like that” and said “it is intended to do nothing but divide people.” He added that he hadn’t spoken to the president, who was en route to Las Vegas, on Wednesday morning.
Trump referred to the report in a Twitter post minutes before Tillerson spoke, saying “NBC news is #FakeNews and more dishonest than even CNN. They are a disgrace to good reporting. No wonder their news ratings are way down!”
The president “loves his country,” Tillerson said.