Mike Pompeo
Background
Mike Pompeo was secretary of state from 2018 to 2021.
Latest Articles
How Trump can mold the new Mideast in his own deal-making image
July 17, 2025 | 6:11pmAs Iran’s clout fades, more nations see that their future lies in normalization and economic cooperation with Israel — not endless conflict and grievance.
Israel is doing the world a favor – now the US must give any help necessary to end Iran's nuclear threat
June 18, 2025 | 10:11pmIt’s difficult to overstate the significance of Israel’s ongoing strikes against Iran.
By defanging Iran, Trump would also bloody China and Russia
June 18, 2025 | 12:38pmWith Iran dangerously close to nuclear breakout, Israel is doing the entire world a favor with its campaign to ensure that Iran never obtains nuclear weapons.
Kurds deserve better — how US can support an ally's freedom
May 20, 2025 | 6:55pmAmerica is strongest when we stand firmly with those who share our values — and as secretary of state I saw the Kurds' friendship in action.
DeepSeek shock means US must fight China's new space race
January 31, 2025 | 7:22pmChina's sudden AI advance has created new battlefields for geopolitical dominance that the US must win.
Harris-Biden weakness wrecked Trump's Afghanistan plan
September 12, 2024 | 5:12pmKamala Harris is rewriting history and gaslighting the American public to shift blame from her administration’s failed policy in Afghanistan that created death and turned that country over to the...
White House put blinders on as China infiltrated our government
September 4, 2024 | 9:55pmLinda Sun, an aide who had served in the offices of both Gov. Kathy Hochul and Andrew Cuomo, was charged with acting as an agent of the Chinese Communist Party.
How Trump must use the military to smash the cartels and build the border wall
August 27, 2024 | 3:13pmWe should deploy the military to finish the border wall and keep them there until the flow of migrants has been meaningfully reduced — but we'll need more than force...
Why Biden, Bernie and other Dems would surrender US freedom to our enemies
March 28, 2024 | 6:03pmSen. Bernie Sanders laid out the case in Foreign Affairs for America’s surrender to the rest of the world, ending its status as a beacon of freedom.
Ukraine aid debate can be solved with common sense approach of giving the country loans instead
February 29, 2024 | 7:29pmPresident Joe Biden has been unbelievably slow in getting Ukraine the weapons it needs, allowing the war to drag on indefinitely as casualties continue to pile up.
Biden showed complete lack of leadership in failing to address China in SOTU
February 8, 2023 | 10:27pmThe American people deserved to hear the truth about the threat the CCP poses to all of us; Biden’s State of the Union failed to deliver.
I challenge Randi Weingarten — the most dangerous person in the US — to debate me
November 29, 2022 | 3:20pmAmerican Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and her fellow travelers have crippled our nation’s schools, according to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.