The president said in the interview he believes the reports about Tillerson’s comments are “fake news.”

Tensions between Trump and Tillerson burst into the open last week when NBC News reported the secretary of State called the president a moron and that he had to be talked out of resigning from his post.

Tillerson denied that he has ever considered quitting, and a spokesperson later denied that he insulted Trump.

Trump regularly meets with his Cabinet members, and the group is expected to discuss the Iran nuclear deal, the North Korean threat and the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

The president has publicly contradicted his secretary of State on multiple occasions, most recently on talks with North Korea over its nuclear program.

Tillerson has reportedly expressed concern about the negative consequences if Trump decides to decertify the Iran nuclear agreement. Trump is reportedly leaning toward decertification.