--- title: White House: Rex Tillerson Will Remain as Secretary of State description: Rex Tillerson will remain as U.S. secretary of state, the White House spokeswoman said on Thursday canonical: https://time.com/5043809/white-house-rex-tillerson-secretary-of-state/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-30T20:53:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T23:56:54.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: White House Denies President Trump Is Dumping Rex Tillerson og:description: After reports that Trump is ditching the Secretary of State og:url: https://time.com/5043809/white-house-rex-tillerson-secretary-of-state/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta86039c4163a8dd7/6988e205ab6d77b18a6b0372/tillerson.jpg?branch=production&width=512&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 512 og:image:height: 288 og:image:alt: Rex Tillerson og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: White House Denies President Trump Is Dumping Rex Tillerson twitter:description: After reports that Trump is ditching the Secretary of State twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta86039c4163a8dd7/6988e205ab6d77b18a6b0372/tillerson.jpg?branch=production&width=512&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # White House Denies President Trump Is Dumping Rex Tillerson > Sponsored content. 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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson answers a reporter's question while greeting Organization of American States Secretary-General Luis Almagro at the State Department, in Washington on Oct. 13, 2017. Andrew Harnik—AP by [Reuters](https://time.com/author/reuters/) ## Reuters Updated: Dec 12, 2023 11:56 PM UTCPublished: Nov 30, 2017 8:53 PM UTC (WASHINGTON) – The State Department says White House chief of staff John Kelly is disputing reports of a plan to replace Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert says Kelly called Tillerson’s chief of staff, Margaret Peterlin, on Thursday to say the “rumors are not true.” Nauert says Tillerson serves at the president’s pleasure and remains in his role until told otherwise. She says that Tillerson “brushed this off today” because he’s heard such stories before. 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