State Department employees were allegedly seen crying in their cars because morale at the department was so low, CNN’s Washington correspondent tweeted Tuesday.

According to @MichLKosinski morale is so low at the State Department that there are seasoned diplomats who sit in their car and cry because things are so bad. — Ryan Nobles (@ryanobles) March 13, 2018

The tweet follows President Donald Trump’s firing of Rex Tillerson Tuesday. The secretary of state was reportedly asked Friday to return to Washington from a trip abroad and told he would be fired. (RELATED: Trump Fires Tillerson, Moves Pompeo, Picks New CIA Director)

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Trump will replace Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with CIA Director Mike Pompeo.

Editor’s note: This post has been updated to reflect “seasoned diplomats” were allegedly seen crying in their cars due to low morale.

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