We’ve reached the stage of the Trump presidency when the secretary of State has to call a news conference to deny that he called the president a “moron” — and then he doesn’t actually deny it.

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This will only add to speculation about whether Tillerson, after a spectacularly maladroit tenure, is on his way out. But while Tillerson was being impolitic, that doesn’t mean he was wrong. This is a classic Washington gaffe, defined by journalist Michael Kinsley as what happens “when a politician tells the truth — some obvious truth he isn’t supposed to say.”

With almost every word he utters and almost every action he takes, Trump raises fresh questions about his mental fitness for office. Just consider his response to Hurricane Maria, which has caused devastating damage to Puerto Rico.

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The real scandal isn’t that Trump’s secretary of State called him a moron. It’s that his job performance lends so much credence to that description.