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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's impeachment ire turns on Pompeo amid diplomats' starring roles
Impeachment hearings have created a rift between the president and one of his staunchest allies in the administration.Nov. 18, 2019, 4:24 AM EST
By Carol E. Lee, Courtney Kube and Andrea Mitchell
WASHINGTON The impeachment inquiry has created the first rift between President Donald Trump and the Cabinet member who has been his closest ally, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, according to four current and former senior administration officials.
Trump has fumed for weeks that Pompeo is responsible for hiring State Department officials whose congressional testimony threatens to bring down his presidency, the officials said. The president confronted Pompeo about the officials and what he believed was a lackluster effort by the secretary of state to block their testimony during lunch at the White House on Oct. 29, those familiar with the matter said.
Inside the White House, the view was that Trump just felt like, rein your people in, a senior administration official said.
Trump particularly blames Pompeo for tapping Ambassador Bill Taylor in June to be the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, the current and former senior administration officials said.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/trump-s-impeachment-ire-turns-pompeo-amid-diplomats-starring-roles-n1082716
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There's something so deeply satisfying about seeing these criminals turning on each other. If this keeps up, I might actually be able to decrease my blood pressure meds.
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Trump's impeachment ire turns on Pompeo amid diplomats' starring roles (Original Post)
catbyte
Nov 2019
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PJMcK
(21,988 posts)1. Trump turns on everyone
Seriously, the only people he keeps in his circle are his family and his accountant. Everyone else is transactional and temporary.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)2. Trump is so detached from reality. What was Pompeo supposed to do?
Replace EVERY SINGLE DIPLOMAT in the State Department with Trump shills with no experience whatsoever, and do it the moment he became Secretary of State? How many thousands of people work at the State Department?
UpInArms
(51,279 posts)3. Stage 4
malaise
(268,664 posts)4. Let's have a live wrestling match on TV
with the Con and Pompeo - Gym Jordan can be the referee
Zambero
(8,962 posts)5. The engineer blames the coal shoveler for his train wrecks
After all, Pompeo should have known better than to bring in anyone with even the slightest shred of integrity!