Pompous Pompeo Disgraces America Every Day

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Democrats claim watchdog fired by Trump was probing Pompeo's fast-tracking of $8 billion Saudi arms sale

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/18/polit...eal/index.html

This isn't just about this ass making staff collect his dry cleaning...

"I have learned that there may be another reason for Mr. Linick's firing. His office was investigating — at my request — Trump's phony declaration of an emergency so he could send weapons to Saudi Arabia. We don't have the full picture yet, but it's troubling that Secretary Pompeo wanted Mr. Linick pushed out before this work could be completed," Engel, a Democrat from New York, said in a statement to CNN Monday.

Last May, the Trump administration declared an emergency to bypass Congress and expedite billions of dollars in arms sales to various countries -- including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates -- citing the need to deter what it called "the malign influence" of Iran throughout the Middle East.

"These sales will support our allies, enhance Middle East stability, and help these nations to deter and defend themselves from the Islamic Republic of Iran," Pompeo said in a statement at the time, which put the value of the sales at $8.1 billion.

But the move drew bipartisan condemnation, with lawmakers decrying the precedent it sets, questioning the administration's claims of an emergency and raising the issue of Saudi Arabia's human rights record and the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Now, Engel says Pompeo might have removed the federal watchdog who was looking into his handling of the arms sale. Linick's Saudi Arabia investigation was first reported by The Washington Post.

The revelation will increase scrutiny of Trump's firing of Linick on Friday evening -- the latest in a series of dismissals of independent government watchdogs tasked with oversight of the President's administration. A senior State Department official previously confirmed to CNN that Pompeo recommended Linick be removed, but they did not know the reasons why.

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And the Repubs in Congress continue to bend over and take it for tRump. We all know if this were a Democrat, let alone Obama, the pitchforks, tar and feathers would be out and Faux Noise would be apoplectic.

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‘We will simply disconnect’: Mike Pompeo and the Australian TV appearance that caused a diplomatic storm
A comment by the US secretary of state about Victoria’s belt and road project has ricocheted through Parliament House and the US embassy

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/...plomatic-storm

Pompous ass. Such an embarrassment to our once great country.

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Pompeo should lose taxpayers' trust as well as trust of Foreign Service

https://thehill.com/opinion/internat...oreign-service

Most Americans likely regard the issues surrounding an inspector general investigation of the Secretary of State as inside the beltway politics — while otherwise consumed by protests, riots, curfews, coronavirus and economic collapse.

However, by placing his personal interest above the national good — and having taxpayers foot the bill — Pompeo devalued the Foreign Service and undermined its sacred mission to represent America abroad, again.

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New transcript raises huge questions about Mike Pompeo’s denial that he retaliated against fired inspector general

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...ector-general/

Yet another rock overturned. More disgusting creatures will be scurrying for cover.

https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/_ca...ghts-final.pdf

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U.S. is ‘looking at’ banning TikTok and Chinese social media apps, Pompeo says

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/07/us-l...ps-pompeo.html

You knew this was coming, after the kids punk'd Donny and the Repubes using this app. Unlikely they'll be allowed to stop it, as it's not Chinese at all, having an American based CEO, and no data hosted in China.

“TikTok is led by an American CEO, with hundreds of employees and key leaders across safety, security, product, and public policy here in the U.S. We have no higher priority than promoting a safe and secure app experience for our users. We have never provided user data to the Chinese government, nor would we do so if asked,” a spokesperson told CNBC in response to Pompeo’s comments.

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Even if they could institute a ban, they couldn't stop those app reappearing again. Pompous Pompeo & Co. Would be playing Whack-A-Mole to the end of days.

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WHO slams 'unacceptable' remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/07/23/...ke-pompeo.html

Mikey, you’re a disgrace.

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Pompous Pompeo’s Surreal Speech on China
The secretary of state has some nerve to now claim that what is upside down is right side up.

Thomas Wright
Senior fellow at the Brookings Institution

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/ar...-china/614596/

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Forget Putin, it's meddling by America's evangelical enforcer that should scare us
Secretary of state Mike Pompeo has a track record of pursuing the worst impulses of the US political right

https://amp.theguardian.com/commenti...hould-scare-us