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> He is in the absolutely perfect position to say otherwise Let's explore that claim: Mike Pompeo had three general options, regardless of the truth: 1) Stat

> He is in the absolutely perfect position to say otherwise Let's explore that claim: Mike Pompeo had three general options, regardless of the truth: 1) State that he has no such evidence. In this case he'd draw the ire of the dems, probably the ire of various dem/republican pundits, and certainly the ire of members of the intelligence community who had already stated a clear link exists. 2) Say nothing. This is a decent short term tactic but would open him up to being vulnerable in future hearings since he has no stated position. 3) Claim that evidence exists. This puts him safely in the company of republican/dem pundits, rest of intelligence community, etc. We don't know the truth because we don't have the evidence. But I don't think we can say with certainty that Mike Pompeo was in the "perfect position" to reveal the truth. It's equally likely he was in the perfect position to go along with a narrative that was both popular and unsupported by factual evidence.

roywiggins 9y ago
Literally nobody else in the Trump administration minds drawing Democratic ire. If he was afraid of Democratic anger, he would be the only guy in the administration who does. Pompeo cheerleaded the Benghazi inquest when he was in Congress! "Triggering the libs" is approximately 30% of the Trump administration's modus operandi. I don't see much evidence that Pompeo is an exception. If he is, then Trump's goal of draining the swamp has been thwarted by his own appointee. So... why did Trump appoint him to be Secretary of State? He's obviously been coopted by the Dems, blinded to the truth, and willing to go along with Deep State shenanigans. But Trump trusts him to talk to Kim Jong Un. That seems like terrible judgment. The only resolution to this is that Trump himself has been compromised by the Deep State, or is too stupid to realize that his own guys are. Either that or he's telling the truth as he understands it.

roywiggins 9y ago

Literally nobody else in the Trump administration minds drawing Democratic ire. If he was afraid of Democratic anger, he would be the only guy in the administration who does. Pompeo cheerleaded the Benghazi inquest when he was in Congress! "Triggering the libs" is approximately 30% of the Trump administration's modus operandi. I don't see much evidence that Pompeo is an exception. If he is, then Trump's goal of draining the swamp has been thwarted by his own appointee. So... why did Trump appoint him to be Secretary of State? He's obviously been coopted by the Dems, blinded to the truth, and willing to go along with Deep State shenanigans. But Trump trusts him to talk to Kim Jong Un. That seems like terrible judgment. The only resolution to this is that Trump himself has been compromised by the Deep State, or is too stupid to realize that his own guys are. Either that or he's telling the truth as he understands it.