“The defamation reveals a misconception of banana republics and of democracy in America,” he said. Pompeo wrote.
He too tweeted a photo of himself, the national security adviser, Robert C. O’Brien, and the director of national intelligence, John Ratcliffe, meeting. The message seems clear: the three loyalists are not going anywhere after the end of government, and do not intend to sever ties with the president.
And top leaders at Voice of America on Monday ordered hours after the appointment of one of his White House reporters, Patsy Widakuswara. tries to ask his questions to Mr. Pompeo according to two people familiar with the events, during his appearance at the federally funded newspaper. The action was reported earlier by The Washington Post.
But it was not just the department of mr. Pompeo who did not protest. So do the allies.
The secretary, who was on his way to Belgium for a final foreign trip on Wednesday, canceled a planned stop in Luxembourg after his foreign minister, Jean Asselborn, called Trump a “criminal” and a “political pyromaniac”. . leading the riot at the Capitol.
Even in Brussels, Mr. Pompeo’s journey promises to be uncomfortable at best.
The State Department said it was traveling “to reaffirm the deep and lasting partnership between the United States and Belgium and the unwavering support of the United States for NATO.”
But what most North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies of the Trump presidency will remember were the president’s episodic threats to pull out of the alliance. Mr Pompeo will meet NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, who will be on the day of the siege of the Capitol said on Twitter, “The outcome of this democratic election must be respected.”
Since he became Minister of Foreign Affairs in April 2018, Mr. Pompeo mnr. Trump’s most steadfast and outwardly loyal national security official. Until Friday when he met for the first time with Antony J. Blinken, the choice of mr. Biden as the next Secretary of State, met, Mr. Pompeo mostly avoids discussing the election results directly.