Washington (CNN) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday that President Donald Trump "speaks for himself" when asked whether the President's response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, raised questions about Trump's values. The brief remark from the top Cabinet official appeared to be the latest subtle sign of a gap between Tillerson, a former globe-trotting oil executive, and the freewheeling President, who ran a campaign in large part against how the US interacts with pillars of the international community. It also points to a distance between Trump and some of his team on Charlottesville. Tillerson said on "Fox News Sunday" that the United States was committed to freedom and "equal treatment of people the world over" when posed the question by anchor Chris Wallace.Tillerson pointed to his own comments condemning racismFor months, reports have indicated Tillerson's frustrations in the top diplomatic post
When Tillerson came back, he said his relationship with Trump was "good" and that he would stay on the job as long as _ let him. In the past, _ has come under fire for saying, as he did in May, that US foreign policy should sometimes separate values such as freedom, human dignity and "the way people are treated" from policies it pursues around the world. But in practice, _'s State Department has found itself on occasion grappling with both the President's words and aides seeking to steer foreign policy. Differences between Tillerson and _ became further pronounced when reports suggested he was mulling stepping down from the job. When _ came back, he said his relationship with Trump was "good" and that he would stay on the job as long as Trump let him. When Tillerson came back, he said his relationship with _ was "good" and that he would stay on the job as long as Trump let him.