Amid growing speculation that Mike Pompeo may depart his post as America's top diplomat to run for the US Senate from Kansas, his new social media accounts are raising eyebrows inside the Trump administration and among Republican operatives
The others came from a new personal account and struck a vastly different tone. In one, he's playing cards while drinking a bottle of Sam Adams. In another, he's smiling in front of a Christmas tree.Amid growing speculation that Pompeo may depart his post as America's top diplomat to run for the US Senate from Kansas, the new social media accounts are raising eyebrows inside the Trump administration and among Republican operatives.
Source: WH working on list of possible Pompeo replacements 03:06The Washington Post first reported on some of the efforts to develop replacement options for Pompeo.Mnuchin is said to want the job, though he is not aggressively campaigning for it, the source said. Mnuchin, however, is close with Qatar, which is viewed as a negative in the eyes of Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, who is close with the Saudis, a regional rival.
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