Former Trump administration Secretary of State and CIA Director Mike Pompeo has suggested 45th President Donald Trump, his former boss, is not a \u201ctrue\u201d conservative due to his administration\u2019s spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shannon Bream began the line of questioning by asking Pompeo whether he would be a better president than Trump when it comes to spending and the deficit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pompeo said his hypothetical presidency \u2013 \u201cor any other conservative president\u201d \u2013 will \u201cdo better than we did during the four years of the Trump administration,\u201d or any other recent president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bream immediately asked Pompeo to clarify whether he was suggesting Trump is not a \u201ctrue conservative leader\u201d due to his administration\u2019s spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The politician seemed to double down, replying \u201cSix trillion dollars more in debt, that\u2019s never the right direction for the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pompeo previously used his CPAC speech to chastise Trump for his Covid-19 era spending, describing the Trump administration as \u201cdeeply unconservative.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c[The] Trump administration, the administration I served, added $8 trillion in new debt. This is indecent and can\u2019t continue,\u201d complained Pompeo. \u201cEarning back that trust will be hard work, it won\u2019t just be a campaign speech.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pompeo is a foreign policy hawk who has been vocally critical of Russia and supportive of Ukraine since he entered Congress in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Widely speculated to be plotting his own path to the White House, Pompeo switched his support from Sen. Marco Rubio to Trump late in the 2016 presidential race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Trump was elected, Pompeo was tapped to lead the CIA. After a short stent, Trump made Pompeo his Secretary of State. Pompeo spent the entire four years of the Trump administration working for Trump, and stayed with the administration after the events of January 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was recently asserted by Rudy Giuliani that Pompeo ignored the Hunter Biden laptop<\/a> when he brought it to the then-Secretary of State in 2019, alongside Fox News host Sean Hannity and Just The News founder John Solomon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last year, Pompeo has positioned himself as a fierce cheerleader for Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a 2022 speech to the neoconservative Hudson Institute, Pompeo declared that Ukraine has found its [President George] Washington\u201d before adding, \u201cHis name is Volodymyr Zelensky.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pompeo urged the United States to provide unwavering and unlimited support to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan,<\/a> which he described as the world\u2019s \u201clighthouses for liberty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n