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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday defended his relationship with President Donald Trump amid fresh interest in his biting critiques of then-candidate Trump during the 2016 presidential race and renewed scrutiny of his ferocious loyalty to the president.
While Pompeo says he will remain as the top U.S. diplomat for as long as Trump wants, many supporters and critics see the 55-year old former congressman and CIA director as charting his own political future that will likely include a presidential campaign of his own down the road.
In 2016, Pompeo was a Tea Party conservative serving in the House of Representatives, known best for his pugnacious role sparring with then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during the Benghazi hearings. He was also an ardent opponent of Trump and a supporter of Sen. Marco Rubio.
His stance was widely known. But in a March 2016 video published by the New Yorker magazine Monday, Pompeo is seen blasting Trump ahead of the Kansas primary and comparing him to President Barack Obama: "We've spent seven and a half years with an authoritarian president who ignored our Constitution. We don't need four more years of that."
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Wounded Bear
(58,721 posts)basically giving his undying loyalty and love to the highest bidder.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,197 posts)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeo_Posar
King Rump I: Alright Pompeo, it's payback time. You got any more Karen McDougals you can set me up with?
Pompeo: Mmmmmfrbbbbbbbbbrrrmmmf. (Mr. Pompeo's exact words are lost due to his voice being muffled by the CiC's enormous ass.}
spanone
(135,885 posts)they all know what a shit trump is...they think they are advancing themselves.
history will not be kind. barr is the same animal.