washington u.s. secretary state john kerry tuesday warn dangers authoritarian populism offer thinly veil critique donald trump prolific use twitter say allow president-elect avoid accountability point public comment trump since nov. presidential election kerry also suggest president-elect cabinet nominees get free pass congress fail submit tax return documentation senate confirmation hear every country world good ... start worry authoritarian populism absence substance dialogue kerry tell washington forum policies go make 140 character twitter every reasonable measurement accountability bypass people care problem kerry say example absence substance political debate say climate change give short shrift campaign trump democratic nominee hillary clinton contrast vet secretary state paperwork provide exceptions say make trump cabinet nominees confirmation hear december senate foreign relations committee chairman bob corker say panel ask rex tillerson trump choice secretary state provide tax return corker say accordance precedent tillerson former chairman chief executive exxonmobil corp xom.n submit tax return financial disclosure ethics agreement make public kerry former senator 2004 democratic presidential nominee become president barack obama secretary state 2013 say quite amaze think hoop jump respect paper submit documentation submit tax return ... suddenly important ask believe trump nominees get free pass kerry chuckle dodge question walter shaub director federal office government ethics say letter senators last week great concern hear schedule trump nominees complete ethics review process say would cause alarm senate go forward hear nominees whose report oge certify 10 days go trump take office kerry say high-level contact current state department officials trump transition team ask transition forum nonpartisan u.s. institute peace kerry say go pretty smoothly enormous amount it people build period time know quite candidly think lot high-level exchange point time kerry say kerry say yet meet tillerson expect soon kerry tillerson speak last month telephone accord state department spokeswoman trump transition team say comment kerry remark tillerson senate confirmation hear schedule wednesday closely watch part due concern relationship russia exxonmobil top executive trump call good tie russia fellow republicans congress push harsh response american intelligence agencies conclude kremlin meddle presidential election kerry warn 'authoritarian populism take jab trump tweet