“The president certainly never implied that the secretary of State was not intelligent. He made a joke. Nothing more than that,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters Tuesday .

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"He made a joke. Maybe you guys should get a sense of humor and try it sometime." — Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) October 10, 2017

Sanders said the two men “had a great visit at lunch” and reiterated Trump has confidence in his secretary of State.

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Sanders's comments came after an interview Trump gave earlier on Tuesday, in which he suggested he could beat Tillerson at an IQ test.