Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has not ruled out a second stint under former President Donald Trump if he wins the Republican presidential nomination in November.
Pompeo served as CIA director and secretary of state during President Trump’s first term.
On Friday, he appeared on the Friday show “Your World with Neil Cavuto” and was asked about serving in the Trump administration for a second time.
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Then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, his wife Susan, President Donald Trump, and Vice President Mike Pence bow their heads in prayer during Pompeo’s swearing-in ceremony at the State Department in Washington in 2018. (Reuters/Leah Millis)
“I don’t really comment on jobs that I haven’t been offered,” he says. “If I had an opportunity to serve and I thought I could make a difference, I would almost certainly say yes to that opportunity and try to serve on behalf of the American people,” he said. told Kabuto.
Kabuto noted that Trump has in the past demanded strict loyalty from those who work for him.
“I believe that President Trump is looking for someone who will faithfully do what he is asked to do,” Pompeo said. “As president, I think you should always ask that of everyone.”
“I have to say that as Secretary of State, I certainly wanted my team to do what I wanted them to do, and it was very frustrating when I found out they couldn’t do it,” he said. added.
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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left) and former President Trump. (Chip Somodevilla, Aron Skye/AFP via Getty Images)
Some of Trump’s most ardent supporters when he took office have turned against him in recent years. Former Vice President Mike Pence aroused President Trump’s ire by refusing to comply with President Trump’s wishes to refuse to certify some electoral votes during a joint session of Congress held on January 6, 2021. bought.
Last year, he briefly campaigned against Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, but it was unsuccessful.
Former national security adviser John Bolton says in his new memoir that Trump is “unfit” to be president. In a January interview with ABC News’ “Good Morning America,” he offered his thoughts on what a second term for Trump would look like.
“If you look at President Trump’s actions in his first term, which I try to explain in the original article, you can infer from that what his second term will be like,” Bolton said. “And basically… would be the same, except worse.” said George Stephanopoulos.
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President Trump has made no mention of any running mate or Cabinet nominations for a possible bid for the White House for a second time.
