Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slammed President Bidenâs âincompetentâ Afghanistan withdrawal and his âlostâ secretary of defense in a fiery GOP convention speech Thursday.
The ex-Trump administration official said he felt âdisgustedâ by the chaotic US exit for Afghanistan, calling the 81-year-old presidentâs decision to pull out all remaining US forces at the same time âincompetent.â
âWe destroyed ISIS and its caliphate,â Pompeo said, one of the many Trump accomplishments he rattled off in his remarks at the Fiserv Forum.
âWe never lost our secretary of defense for two weeks either,â he quipped, referring to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austinâs secret hospital stay.
âYou deserve a president that will not check his watch while honoring your fallen brothers and sisters,â Pompeo said, addressing US service members. âIt was indecent.â
Pompeo, 60, told reporters ahead of his RNC speech that if asked, he would serve in a future Trump administration.
âIf President Trump asked me to to do it, and I can help, Iâll pitch in however I can,â Pompeo told reporters at a Republican Jewish Coalition reception.
The former Trump administration official had considered a 2024 White House run of his own, but ultimately decided against it.
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