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Article snippet: Republican senators on Tuesday said they were not surprised by MORE, with some acknowledging they’ve grown numb to the president’s unorthodox style of governing. While senators didn’t receive advance notice of Tillerson’s firing, several said it had been clear for some time that he was on the outs with the president. “People are getting used to this being what life is like under President Trump,” said a GOP senator, who requested anonymity to discuss private conversations with colleagues. “This has become the norm,” the source added, expressing regret over the departure of Tillerson and National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn. “Change has been in the air now for 14 months.” Vice President Pence didn’t offer an explanation for why Trump fired his secretary of State when he spoke to senators at a lunch meeting Tuesday, according to lawmakers who attended. He ignored a shouted question from a Fox News reporter about whether the White House is in “chaos” as he walked into the lunch meeting, where he touted the credentials of CIA Director MORE, whom Trump has nominated to replace Tillerson. Lawmakers suspect that Trump wanted to have a new foreign policy team in place ahead of talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “I knew they were talking about making the change, but I didn’t know it was coming this soon. I think a lot of it was driven by the North Korea negotiations, wanting to have the team he’s most comfortable with,” said Sen. MORE (R-S.C.). Many GO... Link to the full article to read more