Mike Pompeo Hits Ex-Boss Trump as Not a True Conservative

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tried hard to make his case against former President Donald Trump—by saying his former boss isn’t a true conservative at all.

Speaking with host Shannon Bream on Fox News Sunday, Pompeo was asked if he would do a better job at managing the federal deficit and the onslaught of federal debt incurred by Trump during his tenure. His response included attacking his former boss as a poor money manager, lumping him in with classic Republican scapegoats like Barack Obama and, oddly, George W. Bush.

“I think President Pompeo or any conservative president will do better than not only we did during the four years in the Trump administration, Barack Obama, George Bush—the list is long, Shannon, of folks who come to Washington on one theory and aren’t prepared to stand up and explain to the American people how we’re actually going to get that right,” he said. “It’s going to take a true conservative leader, Shannon.”

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