Washington (CNN) When President Donald Trump announced US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital on Wednesday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was an ocean away in Europe. Miller added that the announcement in the White House Diplomatic Reception room was "anomalous, like everything else in the Trump administration." Diplomatic outreach"He's been able to do a lot of our diplomatic outreach in person," said an administration official who spoke anonymously to discuss the issue. The administration official echoed that, saying, "There were lots of meetings when people phoned in and videoed in and [Tillerson] was always there in every meeting I took part in." I mean, Secretary Tillerson looks at it and thinks about his people and his assets, Secretary Mattis thinks about it from a security standpoint.

Source: CNN December 07, 2017 00:45 UTC