Cybersecurity
Trump Chose Pompeo as Kindred Spirit to Take Over U.S. Diplomacy
- ‘We’re always on the same wavelength,’ Trump said of Pompeo
- Ex-congressman won over Trump in daily intelligence briefing
Eurasia Group's Wallace Says Pompeo Will Likely Be Confirmed
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Mike Pompeo had an audition for his new job as secretary of state just about every morning at the White House, where the CIA director gave President Donald Trump his top-secret intelligence briefing.
Pompeo has “tremendous energy, tremendous intellect,” Trump told reporters at the White House Tuesday shortly after tweeting that he was firing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and giving the job of top diplomat to the former Republican congressman from Kansas. Equally important was Trump’s observation that “we’re always on the same wavelength.”