Tillerson dismisses talk of his departure as 'laughable'WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday dismissed reports that the White House is weighing a plan under which he would be replaced by CIA Director Mike Pompeo as “laughable.” Media reports on Thursday, first published by the New York Times, cited U.S. officials as saying that Trump has a plan to replace his embattled secretary of state with Pompeo, a former U.S. congressman who now heads the Central Intelligence Agency. Asked if some at the White House wanted him to resign, Tillerson told reporters: “It’s laughable ... laughable.”  His comments came as he posed for pictures with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Seraj of the U.N.-backed government in Tripoli. Tillerson’s relationship with Trump has been strained by the top U.S. diplomat’s softer line on North Korea and other policy differences, as well as by reports in October that he had called the president a “moron.” Tillerson has not directly addressed whether he made the comment, though his spokeswoman denied it. Asked on Thursday whether he wanted Tillerson to remain in his job, Trump sidestepped the question, telling reporters at the White House: “He’s here. Rex is here.” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said on Thursday White House Chief of Staff John Kelly had told Tillerson’s chief of staff the reports on Tillerson being replaced were not true. politicsNews
tillerson dismisses talk departure reuters secretary state rex tillerson friday dismissed reports white house weighing plan would replaced cia director mike pope media reports thursday first published new york times cited officials saying trump plan replace embattled secretary state pope former congressman heads central intelligence agency asked white house wanted resign tillerson told reporters it laughable his comments came posed pictures libyan prime minister face sera government triple tillerson relationship trump strained top diplomat softer line north korea policy differences well reports october called president tillerson directly addressed whether made comment though spokeswoman denied asked thursday whether wanted tillerson remain job trump sidestepped question telling reporters white house he rex state department spokeswoman heather alert said thursday white house chief staff john kelly told tillerson chief staff reports tillerson replaced true politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Tillerson dismisses talk of his departure as 'laughable'WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday dismissed reports that the White House is weighing a plan under which he would be replaced by CIA Director Mike Pompeo as “laughable.” Media reports on Thursday, first published by the New York Times, cited U.S. officials as saying that Trump has a plan to replace his embattled secretary of state with Pompeo, a former U.S. congressman who now heads the Central Intelligence Agency. Asked if some at the White House wanted him to resign, Tillerson told reporters: “It’s laughable ... laughable.”  His comments came as he posed for pictures with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Seraj of the U.N.-backed government in Tripoli. Tillerson’s relationship with Trump has been strained by the top U.S. diplomat’s softer line on North Korea and other policy differences, as well as by reports in October that he had called the president a “moron.” Tillerson has not directly addressed whether he made the comment, though his spokeswoman denied it. Asked on Thursday whether he wanted Tillerson to remain in his job, Trump sidestepped the question, telling reporters at the White House: “He’s here. Rex is here.” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said on Thursday White House Chief of Staff John Kelly had told Tillerson’s chief of staff the reports on Tillerson being replaced were not true. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: tillerson dismisses talk departure reuters secretary state rex tillerson friday dismissed reports white house weighing plan would replaced cia director mike pope media reports thursday first published new york times cited officials saying trump plan replace embattled secretary state pope former congressman heads central intelligence agency asked white house wanted resign tillerson told reporters it laughable his comments came posed pictures libyan prime minister face sera government triple tillerson relationship trump strained top diplomat softer line north korea policy differences well reports october called president tillerson directly addressed whether made comment though spokeswoman denied asked thursday whether wanted tillerson remain job trump sidestepped question telling reporters white house he rex state department spokeswoman heather alert said thursday white house chief staff john kelly told tillerson chief staff reports tillerson replaced true politicsnews