According to a new report, Tucker Carlson approached Donald Trump with a plea right before the election that the notorious neoconservative Mike Pompeo must have no place in his next administration.
Pompeo, who served as secretary of state and CIA director during Trump’s first term, was widely perceived as the leading candidate to become the next defense secretary by numerous members of Trump’s inner circle.
Trump commended Pompeo during a campaign rally the day before the election, expressing his admiration for his recent weight loss and referring to him as “handsome” on two separate occasions.
However, Pompeo was a risky according to Carlson, the former Fox News anchor who continues to wield significant influence in conservative circles.
Carlson contended that he is a warmonger who promoted a dangerous neoconservative ideology
According to multiple individuals with knowledge of Carlson’s endeavors, he presented the president-elect with a list of grievances he holds against Pompeo, including an alleged conspiracy by the then-secretary of state to assassinate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
In October, Pompeo tried to claim to an Australian outlet that the United States had laws prohibiting the government from conducting assassinations. He also stated that he adhered to this law during his tenure as CIA director as a way to try and rebut Carlson’s claims without substantively challenging their key claims.
The hazards of incorporating neoconservatives into the administration, according to Carlson and Donald Trump Jr., the president-elect’s eldest son, were delineated.
They asserted that these individuals are motivated by a desire to control the president-elect rather than to serve him.
The individuals also contended that Pompeo had demonstrated his disloyalty by distancing himself from false allegations that the 2020 election was hijacked.
Pompeo was eliminated from the race within days of the election.
The president-elect announced on Truth Social that Pompeo and Nikki Haley, Trump’s former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, would not be employed in his administration.
Carlson has expressed a multitude of complaints regarding Pompeo.
The individuals familiar with the discussions have reported that he has informed Trump’s advisers that Pompeo’s lawyer threatened him after he stated on his program that a source had informed him that the CIA was somehow involved in the death of former President John F. Kennedy.
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