Trump and Tillerson are "going to work together to close out what we' ve seen to be an incredible year," Sanders added.
The U.S. State Department also ridiculed the reports on Thursday.
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly called the department this morning, saying that "those reports are not true," said State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert in a briefing Thursday afternoon.
However, Nauert also hinted that Tillerson, former CEO of Exxon Mobile, an American multinational oil and gas corporation, seemed to feel uncomfortable about Washington which "can be a tough game of politics."
"He (Tillerson) doesn't always understand and accept exactly how Washington works with anonymous sources, things of that nature. That's not who he is, that's not the world that he comes from," said the spokeswoman.
Tillerson, 65, a Texas native, was a civil engineer who joined the energy company in 1975 and rose to serve as CEO between 2006-2016.
Months after he was sworn in as state secretary, Tillerson launched a "redesign" project, which, along with staff cutting and budget trimming, drew severe criticism from bipartisan lawmakers who worried that those steps may cause a brain drain in the U.S. foreign service corps.
According to the State Department, Tillerson is sticking to his schedule as state secretary, which will take him to Europe on a five-day trip next week.
During the tour, Tillerson will visit Brussels, Vienna and France, meeting NATO leaders and foreign ministers of the European Union (EU) members to discuss U.S.-EU cooperation on major global issues.
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