Pompeo’s Preelection Politicking Is Wearing Thin, Even With Allies

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives at Boa Vista Air Base, Roraima state, Brazil, on Sept. 18. Bruno Mancinelle/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has drawn fire at home for mixing politics with official State Department business, whether addressing the Republican National Convention from Israel or using the taxpayer dime to give policy speeches in battleground states.

Now, he’s exporting that controversy abroad, causing uproar overseas, where foreign officials have accused him of trying to drag their governments into the election battle between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival, Joe Biden.