President Trump and his administration will keep moving forward as one team, with one mission. Doing great things for the United States of America, to make America great again. Thank you.

REPORTER: Is that the only thing that you consider to be erroneous in that article?

TILLERSON: I think it’s the most important out of the article is to reaffirm my commitment to this role that President Trump’s asked me to serve and to dispel with this notion that I have ever considered leaving. I have answered that question repeatedly. For some reason, it continues to be misreported. There’s never been a consideration in my mind to leave. I serve at the appointment of the president and I am here for as long as the president feels I can be useful to achieving his objectives.

REPORTER: Mr. Secretary, do you agree with Secretary Mattis that the United States should stay in the J.C.P.O.A.?

TILLERSON: We’ll have a recommendation for the president. We’re going to give him a couple of options of how to move forward to advance the important policy towards Iran. As you’ve heard us say many times, the J.C.P.O.A. represents only a small part of the many issues that we need to deal with when it comes to the Iranian relationship. So it is an important part of that, but it is not the only part. And I’ve said many times, we cannot let the Iranian relationship be defined solely by that nuclear agreement.

REPORTER: Can you address the main headline of this story that you called the president a moron, and if not, where do you think these reports —

TILLERSON: I’m not going to deal with petty stuff like that. This is what I don’t understand about Washington. Again, I’m not from this place. But the places I come from, we don’t deal with that kind of petty nonsense. And it is intended to do nothing but divide people. And I’m just not going to be part of this effort to divide this administration.

REPORTER: Secretary, did you speak with the president about the report and did he ask you to make a statement or —