Lintao Zhang - Pool/Getty ImagesSecretary of State Rex Tillerson offered some insight into how he views his role as America's top diplomat. In an interview with the conservative-leaning Independent Journal Review published Tuesday night, Tillerson said, "I didn't want this job. I didn't seek this job. My wife told me I'm supposed to do this." "I was supposed to retire in March, this month," Tillerson said, "I was going to go to the ranch to be with my grandkids." President Donald Trump chose Tillerson in December, just over a month after Trump's surprise election victory.