The secretary of State cited incoming officials’ approach to Iran as an example of having “led from behind.”
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday criticized members of President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration, saying they’ve lived in a “fantasy world” and “led from behind.”
“I know some of these folks, they took a very different view, they lived in a bit of a fantasy world,” Pompeo said in an interview with Fox News anchor Bret Baier. “They led from behind, they appeased. I hope they will choose a different course.”
Biden’s picks so far for his national security and foreign policy teams are mostly people who held senior positions in the Obama administration. The president-elect selected Antony Blinken, one of his longtime advisers who also held senior foreign policy posts during the Obama years, as his secretary of State.
Pompeo said on Tuesday that he had not spoken with Blinken since Biden announced his selection. Pompeo also acknowledged the General Services Administration’s Monday declaration of Biden as the apparent winner of the 2020 presidential election.
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Pompeo also responded to a Tuesday statement from Linda Thomas-Greenfield — an assistant secretary of State during the Obama administration whom Biden will nominate as ambassador to the United Nations. Thomas-Greenfield declared that “multilateralism” and “diplomacy are back.” Pompeo countered her statement, saying the Trump administration had developed “coalitions that actually deliver real results and reflect the reality on the ground.”
“I couldn’t tell exactly from her statement, but multilateralism for the sake of hanging out with your buddies at a cool cocktail party?” Pompeo said. “That’s not in the best interest of the United States of America.”
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized members of President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration today, saying they’ve lived in a “fantasy world” and “led from behind” https://t.co/EPaAp9zBAW
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Well at least I expect Joe Biden to have an actual foreign policy. Trump’s foreign policy largely consisted of what his whim was at the moment. He also loved dictators and disrespected our allies which made the world unsafe. It will be good to have a President who is looking out for our interests and to keep the world safe, not one who is trying to take lessons from dictators on how to destroy our nation and its freedoms.
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