In his "Opinion | Rex Tillerson Is off to an Agonizingly Slow Start,” David Ignatius argues that President Trump is hindering Rex Tillerson’s capacity to fulfil his duty as the Secretary of State (2017). Ignatius supports his position by providing direct assertions from previous security advisors and vital members of the Democratic and Republican Party who affirmed that the dilemma faced by “[Tillerson] is how to connect with the mercurial tweeter in chief, [President Trump]” (2017). The author shifts from defending the lack of action Tillerson has undertaken to criticizing the lack of support from President Trump for the Secretary of State in order to shift the argument from Tillerson being incapable of being the Secretary of State to Trump