Pompeo, When Asked If Impeachment Weakened Trump: ‘You Should Ask Mr. Soleimani’
By Lawrence Richard -January 6, 2020

While it is true that President Trump has been forced to endure the most partisan impeachment effort in United States history, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Trump’s international standing has gone unphased.

During an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” host Fox News’ Chris Wallace asked Pompeo is Trump felt like the impeachment effort had “emboldened enemies like Iran and North Korea to think that they can confront him.”

“Do you think that, as misguided as it may be, that some of our enemies think that this president is more vulnerable because of the impeachment effort?” the host asked per BizPac Review.

Without hesitation, Pompeo answered: “You should ask Mr. Soleimani.”


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-obZds-_KU

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BizPac Review reports Pompeo’s answer “left the Fox News host momentarily speechless.”

“I understand that, but he was going ahead before you killed him,” Wallace eventually said, again echoing his question. “And the question is, do you think that impeachment is emboldening our enemies?”

“I don’t,” Pompeo said with confidence. “I think that our adversaries understand that President Trump and our administration will do the right thing to protect the American people every place that we find risk.”

According to the report, the exchange was not the first time Pompeo was asked to defend the president and his diplomatic decisions.

“Is the president pulling us out of endless wars in the Middle East, or with his action this week, did he take a big step back in?” Wallace asked at an earlier point of the interview.

“Endless wars are the direct result of weakness and President Trump will never let that happen,” Pompeo answered.

The Trump official added: “We are going to get our facilities as hardened as we can possibly get them to defend against what Iran may potentially do, but make no mistake, America’s mission is to have our footprint in the Middle East reduced while still keeping America safe. Safe from rogue regimes like the Islamic Republic of Iran and from terrorist activity broadly throughout the region.”

And, once more, Wallace asked: “So is it fair to say that while the big strategy is to pull the U.S. out of endless wars, at least in the short term there could be more of a commitment?”

“The Obama Administration created an enormous risk to the American people in Iran. This administration is working to reduce that risk,” Pompeo defended.

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