WH: Trump IQ comment a ‘joke’
President Trump did not imply he was smarter than Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, his top spokesperson said Tuesday, claiming his offer for both to take an IQ test was a joke.
“The president certainly never implied that the secretary of State was not intelligent. He made a joke. Nothing more than that,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters Tuesday.
Huckabee Sanders GOES THERE:
“He made a joke. Maybe you guys should get a sense of humor and try it sometime.”
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) October 10, 2017
Sanders said the two men “had a great visit at lunch” and reiterated Trump has confidence in his secretary of State.
{mosads}Sanders’s comments came after an interview Trump gave earlier on Tuesday, in which he suggested he could beat Tillerson at an IQ test.
That remark follows a report from NBC News last week that Tillerson, frustrated with the president, called Trump a “moron.”
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