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After distancing himself from Donald Trump following his departure from the White House in 2021, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has now revealed that he is looking forward to serving in the second Trump administration.
Asked by Fox News' Neil Cavuto whether he would work for Trump again, Pompeo indicated that he would.
Pompeo responded, “I don't often comment on jobs that haven't been offered to me.” “But if I get an opportunity to serve and I feel like I can make a difference… then I'm definitely going to say yes to that opportunity to try and work on behalf of the American people.”
He continued:
I am confident that President Trump will be looking for people who will faithfully execute the job he has asked them to do. I think that's what you should always expect from everybody as a president.
I have to say, as Secretary of State, I certainly wanted my team to do what I asked them to do and I was very disappointed when I found that I couldn't get them to do that.
The comments mark a reversal of Pompeo's apparent hostility toward the former president, who repeatedly took subtle digs at his former boss.
Final March he signaled that the time for superstar candidates like Trump was over. He commented, “That second for superstar, that second for the celebrities, just isn’t with us.” “It's time for America to return to its conservative founding.”
On the CPAC convention final 12 months, Pompeo equally steered the beforehand publicized identification politics and his refusal to “settle for actuality” would doubtlessly forestall Trump from leaving overwhelming proof of voter fraud within the 2020 presidential election. There was a suggestion of denial.
Pompeo mentioned, “We can not proceed to be leftists by following superstar leaders with their model of identification politics – folks with fragile egos who refuse to simply accept actuality.” “We can not place the blame on others, however we should settle for the accountability that falls on these of us who step up and lead.”
Having declined to take part within the 2024 Republican primaries, Pompeo has but to formally supply his endorsement to Trump, one thing that Senate Majority Chief Mitch McConnell has additionally now executed reluctantly.
In line with a CNBC report, Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin additionally thought-about invoking the twenty fifth Modification to take away Trump from workplace following the January 6 Capitol protests.