We continue our conversation about ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, whom Donald
Trump is expected to nominate for secretary of state. Speaking on "Face the
Nation" Sunday, Sen. John McCain said Tillerson should be given a fair hearing
but reiterated his concerns about Tillerson’s ties with Putin. One of the
enormous deals that Vladimir Putin and Rex Tillerson worked on was a $500
billion oil exploration partnership between Exxon and the Russian government’s
oil company, Rosneft. The Obama administration blocked the deal when it imposed
sanctions against Russia for its intervention in the Ukraine. In a recent column
for ThinkProgress titled "Trump, Putin, and ExxonMobil team up to destroy the
planet," Joe Romm, founding editor of Climate Progress, writes, "This deal could
explain why Putin appears to have interfered in U.S. elections in favor of a
Trump victory." Romm goes on to say, "if the sanctions are lifted?—?
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