White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said President Trump was joking when he suggested the media should compare the “IQ tests” of the president and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Here is the latest:
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump challenged Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to "compare IQ tests," delivering a sharp-edged ribbing that threw a bright spotlight on his seemingly shaky relationship with his top diplomat. The White House insisted the president was only joking.
Trump issued the challenge in an interview with Forbes magazine, when asked about reports that Tillerson had called him a "moron" after a classified briefing this summer. The president responded that if the claim was true, the two should duke it out in a battle of brainpower.
"And I can tell you who is going to win," Trump said.