“Those present were in varying degrees of shock. But one close aide to Tillerson recalled that after the meeting the secretary of state said he was “disgusted by what” he saw. To his credit, Tillerson did not just mumble his concern under his breath. He spoke out in defense of the military. Then in the wake of the meeting, after the president had left, Tillerson uttered the line for which his tenure as secretary of state will likely be best remembered. He said of the commander in chief: “He’s a fucking moron.”