U.S.'s Tillerson 'not feeling well', cancels activities in Kenya

 

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson listens to a question during a news conference in Nairobi, Kenya, March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

NAIROBI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson cancelled scheduled events on Saturday on the second day of a visit to Kenya because he had been feeling unwell, a State Department spokesman said, adding that he would resume his programme on Sunday.

 

"The secretary is not feeling well after a long couple days working on major issues back home such as North Korea and has cancelled his events for the day," spokesman Steve Goldstein told reporters travelling with Tillerson.

 

"Some events will go ahead without him, while they are looking at the possibility of rescheduling others," said Goldstein, under-secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs at the State Department.

 

Goldstein later said the secretary's health had improved. "The Secretary is feeling better and will resume his normal schedule tomorrow," he said.

 

Tillerson, 65, is four days into his first diplomatic trip to Africa, where he has visited Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya, and is scheduled to go on to Nigeria and Chad.

 

During the trip he has also been involved behind the scenes in discussions within the administration on a possible meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

 

A U.S. embassy official in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, said U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Bob Godec and Kenyan Health Minister Sicily Kariuki would attend events on Saturday morning.

 

Tillerson had been scheduled to lay a wreath at the site of the 1998 bombing of the U.S. embassy in Nairobi, in which more than 200 people were killed, and attend an event to highlight U.S. health assistance in Africa.

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-03-10

I wouldn't feel well either, if I had to run around the world, carrying messages I didn't really believe in, while having  a seriously low opinion of my boss, and his lack of understanding of reality, all while trying to retain a semblance of credibility. Gotta wear a man out!

4 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

I wouldn't feel well either, if I had to run around the world, carrying messages I didn't really believe in, while having  a seriously low opinion of my boss, and his lack of understanding of reality, all while trying to retain a semblance of credibility. Gotta wear a man out!

His "boss" is constantly changing his positions.

As said on Bill Maher's Real Time -- he has more positions than the Kama Sutra. 

How can you represent that and remain well, physically or mentally? 

Doing spliffs with the rastas in Ethiopia, no doubt.  Strong stuff, bro. 

 

 

Hope he leaves and then The Moron can officially be a Sec. of State. Might as well be one, as he has depleted all career diplomats.

8 hours ago, rooster59 said:

on the second day of a visit to Kenya because he had been feeling unwell

due to the first day in Kenya, he became unwell

16 hours ago, YetAnother said:

due to the first day in Kenya, he became unwell

No telling what bugs he has picked up visiting those hell holes.

I don't blame him,

I also throw up after I heard about  his  boss's steel tariff policy,  and announcement to meet Kim.