A theory regarding Trump and Fake News

[Sir Mohamed]

It's just a wild guess, but I got this thought: The recent fake news about the Tillerson firing don't seem an accident to me. My theory is that Donald Trump and his inner circle deliberately spread fake news with the purpose of deny the same later and accuse the media of fake reporting. The perfidious strategy behind this is simply to destroy the media's credibility. Once that is done, he thinks he can get away with lies, false statements and potential other misbehavior; let alone the whole Russia investigation.

Thoughts on that?

[Sir Mohamed]

I think it's still likely that Tillerson gets replaced, but you are right that this deliberate spreading of fake news might happen. I still remember when he addressed Congress for the first time, and there was a rumor that he would call for immigration reform.

I agree with this assessment. Tillerson will not stay until half of this term is up, possibly not even to spring next year. Maybe thethe fake news on his dismissal was also aimed at Tillerson himself that he voluntarily quits.