It marks first confirmation that US Secretary of State is considering Senate race next year. FMTNews
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Friday he would support Secretary of State Mike Pompeo if he quit running for Senate, as the top US diplomat becomes increasingly embroiled in the impeachment drama.
In an interview with “Fox and Friends,” Trump said that Pompeo told him, “‘Look, I’d rather stay where I am'” but that he “loves Kansas”. But neither party is taking chances on next year’s election, in which Trump is seeking a second term. Pompeo, an evangelical Christian former congressman with roots in the populist Tea Party movement, is widely seen as harbouring ambitions to run for president himself in 2024.
Pompeo is also increasingly implicated personally in the scandal. He acknowledged that he was on the July 25 call in which Trump asked Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, for “a favour” – an episode that triggered the impeachment inquiry.
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