If you've been paying attention to outgoing Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and President Donald Trump's heated back and forth, you know that Corker threw Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's name into the discussion.

Corker went so far as to say that Trump had "castrated" his secretary of state, in an interview with the Washington Post.

“You cannot publicly castrate your own secretary of state without giving yourself that binary choice,” Corker said Friday.

Rex Tillerson made an appearance on CNN's State of the Union Sunday, and anchor Jake Tapper cut right to the chase, asking Tillerson to respond to the "castration claim."

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Tillerson gave a minute-long response explaining that his and President Trump's end goals are in alignment, while also describing Trump's communication methods as "unconventional."

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At the very end of the clip, Tapper asked again if Tillerson was concerned about being "gelded" in front of the whole world.

“I checked, I’m fully intact,” Tillerson replied.

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Angie McBrayer, ex-wife of James Aaron McBrayer, leans her head on her son Sam McBrayer as she and her three children and two grandchildren (from left) Jackson McBrayer, 3, Piper Jae McBrayer, 7, Katy Isaza, and Jordan McBrayer, visit the grave of James McBrayer, Thursday, November 20, 2025, in Tifton. He died after being restrained by Tift County sheriff's deputies on April 24, 2019. His ex-wife witnessed the arrest and said she thought the deputies were being rough but did not imagine that McBrayer would die. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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