Posted on 07/30/2025 9:47:38 AM PDT by george76
Believe it or not, there was a time—many moons ago—when MAGA actually thought Mike Pompeo was one of the good guys. A straight shooter. Somebody looking out for President Trump and the America First agenda.
Boy, were we wrong.
To be fair, he fooled a lot of people early on. That’s likely why he was handed some of the most powerful, high-ranking positions in the entire U.S. government. But it didn’t take long for the mask to slip and the truth to surface: Pompeo was a Deep State asset all along.
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Since then, both President Trump and the MAGA movement have learned a hell of a lot about Mr. Pompeo and his true agenda. And let’s just say, it’s been a real eye-opener. But nothing—nothing—has been as chilling or revealing as the latest info that just leaked out.
More on that in a moment…
In the meantime, Pompeo’s fall from grace was a loud one, a giant political thud heard ’round the world. And from there, it’s been all downhill for the Biggest Loser in politics.
Two years ago, Revolver published a piece with the perfectly fitting title: “We Shouldn’t Have to Write This, But Yes, Mike Pompeo Sucks.”
But beyond just pointing out the obvious, that Pompeo sucks, we dug into how he’s managed to be so deeply entrenched and destructive, all while flying under the radar. And honestly, it’s guys like him who make for the most dangerous kind of Deep Stater.
Revolver:
The article you’re about to read is probably unnecessary. Nothing is ever certain in American politics, but some things are nearly certain, and there is nothing we are more nearly certain of than this: Mike Pompeo is not going to be America’s next president.
We can assert, with almost 100% confidence, that Mike Pompeo will never win a single Republican primary, let alone win the nomination, let alone win the presidency.
But you know what, why take the chance?
It is not inconceivable that, somehow, a friendly media and more nimble frame will allow Pompeo to bafflingly and inexplicably squeeze into the brains of GOP voters as an acceptable choice. Or hey, maybe a meteorite will slam into a GOP primary debate stage and leave Pompeo as the only survivor. We’re just spitballing here.
The point is, Mike Pompeo wants to be president. Pretty much every politician dreams of reaching the top, but even knowing that, Mike Pompeo’s naked ambition for the office is well-known, and drives almost everything he does.
That’s why, out of the blue, Pompeo is taking calculated swipes at the president who plucked him from the House to serve as his CIA director.
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In the 2016 primaries, Pompeo was one of the loudest critics of Donald Trump’s candidacy, until the exact moment it became clear that Trump wasn’t being stopped, at which point Pompeo flipped, Lindsey Graham-like, to becoming one of Trump’s loudest supporters. Pompeo parlayed that swerve into a stint as Trump’s CIA Director, and then as his Secretary of State.
But now, having deduced he has sucked every drop of gain to be had from Trump, Pompeo is discarding him like a used-up husk.
Pompeo is calculated, and he’s mastered that disarming, unflappable style that makes him seem harmless. Maybe it was the girth that gave him that jolly, relatable vibe. The “Biggest Loser” couldn’t be all that bad, right?
But he was, and he still is…
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And it wasn’t just Revolver sounding the alarm on Pompeo… one of his fiercest and most powerful critics was none other than Tucker Carlson, who singlehandedly crushed any chance Mike had of worming his way back into Trump’s new administration.
WSJ:
Shortly before the election, Tucker Carlson approached Donald Trump with an urgent plea: Mike Pompeo had to go.
Many in Trump’s inner circle believed that Pompeo, who served as secretary of state and CIA director during Trump’s first term, was the clear front-runner to be the next defense secretary. The day before the election, Trump praised Pompeo during a campaign rally, marveling at his recent weight loss and twice calling him handsome.
But to Carlson—the former Fox News host who continues to have deep influence in conservative circles—Pompeo was a risky pick. Carlson argued that he is a warmonger. He highlighted to the president-elect a list of grievances he holds against Pompeo, including what he said was an alleged plot by the then-secretary of state to assassinate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, according to multiple people with knowledge of Carlson’s efforts. Carlson went public with the allegations about Pompeo and Assange in an April interview on Joe Rogan’s podcast, pointing to a 2021 Yahoo News story.
Tucker also revealed that Pompeo threatened to have him arrested if he exposed the CIA’s role in the assassination of President Kennedy.
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In fact, just six months ago, President Trump yanked Pompeo’s security clearance.
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It turns out that Big Mike teamed up with one of the lowest of the low to take down President Trump… none other than left-wing stooge Adam Schiff, the shameless public face of the fake Russia Hoax, and a guy who needed a blanket “auto-pen” pardon just to dodge criminal charges.
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Mike Pompeo covertly granted Adam Schiff access to raw intelligence logs and communications—out of a small room in Langley—for Schiff to use in an attempt to overthrow @realDonaldTrump, the sitting President of the United States.
In other words, the handwritten notes by John Brennan—which DNI John Ratcliffe declassified in October 2020, confirming Obama’s treachery—were concealed from the American people by CIA Director Mike Pompeo.
📝@JamesOKeefeIII is the news.
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Mike Pompeo didn’t just stab Trump in the back; he handed the Deep State the knife and showed them where to stick it. This latest revelation proves what many of us have long suspected: Pompeo was never one of us. He was a mole, planted deep inside Trump’s inner circle, quietly working to undermine the America First movement from within.
And he’s not the only one. Hardly.
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The GOP is still crawling with careerists, backstabbers, and bureaucratic snakes who smile for the cameras while plotting behind closed doors. If we’re ever going to take this country back, we need to clean house, starting with swamp rats like Mike Pompeo.
This author should speak for himself. I never liked the guy, despite all the idiotic fanboy crap for him here on FR.
Tucker Carlson was one of the very first conservatives to express severe misgivings about Mike Pompeo.
Pompeo is on Fox all the time.....I can only assume that’s Paul Ryan’s doing.....and if that’s the case, that’s all I need to know.
Based on their actions, i always felt there was an underlying coup by Pompeo and Pence.
I always knew he was a slimebag.
Could feel it in my bones.
This is a great and important reveal!
Interesting that the Free Republic neocon warmongers simply HATE Tucker Carlson.
If we’re ever going to take this country back, we need to clean house, starting with swamp rats like Mike Pompeo.
Boy, howdy!
But...but Q said, “trust Kansas”.
His idea of "Physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight" is fat, woke bull dykes as scout masters.
He was Godless, lawless scum long before TRUMP appointed him.
“Based on their actions, i always felt there was an underlying coup by Pompeo and Pence.”
Add Nikki Haley. It seems that she and Pompeo were counting on Crooks to be successful in Butler, at which time they would be the GOP ticket at the RNC Convention. I saved this post by P-J Comix from a year ago; it creeped me out:
“A verrrrrry interesting timeline about Nikki Haley inviting herself to speak at the GOP convention:
“Haley posted she was invited to the RNC at 5:42 on J13. Trump said she invited herself. He was shot at 6:11. @barnes_law reported Pompeo told Iowa delegates he would be VP. Was never on DJT’s list. With Trump gone you would have seen a Haley/Pompeo ticket. They knew.— Valley Frog 1776 (@ValleyFrog1776) July 20, 2024
“11 posted on 7/21/2024, 11:31:25 AM by PJ-Comix (Yes, I am the Toxic Troll Terminator)”
bump for later...
I suspected that Pence was cahooting with the Obama FBI/CIA crowd with the idea that if they could get rid of Trump, then he would become CIC, and the ‘quid pro quo’ deals would flow.
There also was the strange behavior following the Butler attempted assignation. Did he have a connection or at least had knowledge that someone planned to eliminate Trump? Was he planning to take Trump’s place at the convention?
Wasn’t that Rex Tillerson you’re thinking of?
You noticed that too? They really ramped up after Carlson's interview with Putin.
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It’s because of revelations like this that I will continue to say that Washington DC needs a complete enema. Everyone has to go, the 17th and 19th amendments need to be repealed, voting is done on one day and one day only, no late ballots, voting in person with a valid ID.
When PDJT met with Kim Jung Un in Singapore, after the initial introduction they went into a sit down conference. In that meeting time span Pompeo blurted something out that shocked me. I can’t recall what it was, and I had even forgotten about Pompeo himself until I saw this thread.
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