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Elise Labott, Colum Lynch, Robbie Gramer, Robbie Gramer

No Amount of Swagger Can Dress Up Pompeo’s Legacy

Then-U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the National Press Club in Washington on Jan. 12. Andrew Harnik/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

The most gracious thing one can say about Mike Pompeo’s term as U.S. secretary of state is that it’s finally over.

He left on a fitting note, tweeting that multiculturalism is “not who America is” and that it makes the country “weaker.” Once out of office, he simply began citing Bible verses and literally counting the days until he thinks he will be president, tweeting out a simple “1,384,” as in the number of days left in the Biden administration.

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