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SecState learns of demise via Twitter after taking a sick day

President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday, nominating CIA director Mike Pompeo to replace him.

The firing was communicated by a presidential tweet and, apparently, took Tillerson, who was returning from an overseas trip, by surprise.

Trump told reporters that he fired Tillerson after the secretary took a sick day on his trip to Africa.

“I can’t have my people taking days off whenever they want. While I like Rex personally, he was never one of my best people. He took his sick day without asking – didn’t even get a note from his doctor, nothing.  Not good, not good.”

Sources with knowledge of the situation say that upon his arrival in Washington, Tillerson immediately consulted with lawyers to determine if he could sue the president for wrongful termination asking, “He can fire me just because I took a sick day?” 

After hearing that because he was an ‘at will’ employee, the answer was yes, he could be fired for taking a sick day, with or without a note, the now former secretary immediately fired off his parting tweet as secretary of state.