@SenatorMenendez he was rough on #Pompeo during his conf. hearing. IMO Pompeo has not kept his promises in regards to taming Trump on the world stage.
Senate FA comm. still has not seen or heard anything from the #SingaporeSummit 😱
🚨🚨🚨Alarming news:🚨🚨🚨
“The State Department is allowing internet posting of do it yourself 3-D printable firearm blueprints. Why on earth is the Trump administration making it easier for terrorists and gunmen to produce undetectable plastic guns?”
@SenatorMenendez “while the president may be a stable genius (🤣) we need to call the Presidents statements out for what they are. I find them to be misleading and untruthful.”
I love recording these hearings. I get to fast forward through his bullshit opening statement.
@SenatorMenendez “has President Trump told you what took place in the closed door meeting”
Pompeo is squirming in his seat & he’s trying to change the narrative. this is bad.
Pompeo will not answer the question. He said sanctions are still in placeHe’s schooling Menendez on closed door meetings that they’re allowed. that’s not what Menendez is asking.
“Senator, I understand the game that you’re playing...”
Game, set, match. Our SOS considers RU NOOB.
Someone needs to wipe the smirk off the Pompeo face as Menendez speaks rightfully in indignation of Pompeo last statement about Menendez playing a game.
Why does no one have any respect for Congress in this administration? Pompeo was a Congressman!
Pompeo commits to working with them on the new sanctions bill.
Pompeo said that North Korea agreed to fully denuclearize. Really? That’s not what they said.💣
@SenatorRisch NATO: He wants to talk about the funding and all the other positive results.
Pompeo is surrounded by a minimum of 3 SS in the chamber. How come?
@SenatorCardin asking again about Helsinki agreements. #Pompeo was tasked to follow up on
:”so there is an agreement to establish business to business leadership exchanges.😱 re-establishing a counterterrorism council. Syrian refugee crisis and helping them return.”WTF?
#Pompeo said he made clear that this needs to go through the political process in Geneva (yay!) but we are working to see if we can’t get Russia to be more cooperative to drive down the violence levels so that they can start the political resolution to the process. #Syria
#Pompeo commits to protecting GOV TEAM IN AND OUT OF THE FIELD from the grasp of RU.
Ukraine position has not changed.
Now the attitude changes. Pompeo resents how Trump has been portrayed as being weak on RU. Cardin points out that congress has had to force his hand.
@marcorubio Putin had to have done cost/benefit analysis of election interference. We need to make sure that the price is higher than the benefit.
🇨🇳- sustained pressure, and foreign allies to keep the, at bay (not work
🔥Anything the US is doing to keep China contained is not working (see South China Sea)🔥 @marcorubio is 😟 because of the trade disputes with our allies. Puzzled by the admin decision on #ZTE takes away the sustained pressure option.
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