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Tesla and SpaceX CEO met with Donald Trump on Monday, and just a day later, he’s expressing optimism about Trump’s choice for Secretary of State, former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson. On the surface, you’d be forgiven for assuming that Tillerson as Secretary of State would be at odds with Musk’s …

Donald Trump has announced that his nominee for secretary of state is Rex Tillerson, the CEO of oil company ExxonMobil. Tillerson, who has close ties to Russia, must first be approved by the US Senate. The BBC’s Barbara Plett Usher reports that in picking Mr Tillerson, a Texas oilman with …

The next US Secretary of State and oil executive has been friendly with Vladimir Putin in the past, so what will his appointment mean for relations between America and Russia? Arkady Ostrovsky is Russia Editor at The Economist and author of “The Invention of Russia”. (Picture: Rex Tillerson. Credit: AFP …

Image copyright Reuters Image caption “Rex Tillerson’s career is the embodiment of the American dream,” Mr Trump said President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed the chief executive of Exxon Mobil, Rex Tillerson, as his choice for US secretary of state. In a statement, Mr Trump praised Mr Tillerson, 64, as among …