Rumors are swirling in DC that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson could soon be fired and replaced with current CIA Director Mike Pompeo. This possibility highlights divergences within the administration over, among other things, the U.S.’s top foreign policy priority: North Korea.

Given the urgency of the situation and the focus it has received in the Oval Office, outsiders have been puzzled by the fact that the approaches emphasized by the President and the one articulated by his chief diplomat have been so plainly at odds.

On Friday afternoon, Trump tweeted: “The media