THIS is how this glory hound first made a name for himself. By defying the order of Pompeo to not fly gay pride flags on our embasies:
The Obama administration’s Pride Month guidelines included rules for flying rainbow flags from poles outside embassies – they had to be smaller than the American flag and fly beneath it.
That process changed last year, after Mike Pompeo became secretary of state.
An evangelical Christian who believes marriage should be defined as between a man and woman, Mr Pompeo has said gay employees will be respected and treated like everyone else.
But he has downplayed some symbols of LGBT+ rights, while introducing several new panels and envoys specialising in religious freedom issues.
The advisory cable that came out last year said diplomats are required to obtain top-level approval from the State Department’s Office of Management to fly a rainbow flag.
This year, there was a shift.
Embassies in Israel, Germany, Brazil and Latvia, plus a handful of other posts, asked to fly rainbow flags.
The initiative was the idea of Richard Grenell, the US ambassador to Germany, who is gay.