Pompeo has given up:
“So as we talk in the first week in January, do you think the world is safer today than it was a year ago or two years or three years ago, or maybe it’s not quite as safe as it was?” Bloomberg’s David Rubenstein asked at one point.
“No, I think we are leaving ― after four years, I think we’re leaving the world safer than when we came in,” Pompeo responded, his first apparent public acknowledgement that the Trump administration is almost over.
Pompeo said he hopes “whoever the next secretary of state is” ― Biden has said he will nominate Antony Blinken for the position ― will recognize the threat created by China and continue to “push back” against Iran.
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Do you have a link for that quote? I’d like to read more. ThankQ
See RitaOK’s comment about Pompeo’s statements:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3921491/posts?page=660#660
Plus SERKIT explained about cabinet members retiring at the end of the president’s term even if he got re-elected:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3921491/posts?page=667#667
Hi, for you, always. I think there are several, here’s one:
https://www.aol.com/news/mike-pompeo-appears-finally-acknowledge-163101280.html
The original is a Bloomberg interview but that’s probably behind a paywall. I haven’t seen all of the Bloomberg interview so, can’t guarantee these links that have picked it up are posting the entire interview.
That comment from Pompeo could be read not as leaving but as leaving America safer AFTER 4 years. Lots of people stop to clarify a thought then pick up again.