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U.S. to keep supporting Ukraine if Trump returns to power: Pompeo

Today 06:33 am Jan. 23. 2024 TOKYO

Former U.S. Secretary of StateMike Pompeo saidTuesday theUnited States is likely to continue its financial and military support for Ukrainein its fight against Russia's invasionif former Republican President Donald Trump returns to the White House.

Pompeo said in a speech in Tokyo that he had "never seen" Washington "walk away" from its allies and partners during Trump's presidency from 2017 to 2021, despite views that his former boss would cut or stop aid for Kyiv if he returns to power after the presidential election in November.

Admitting that members of the Republican Party have "many different political views," he said they have always understood the U.S. role in the world and its responsibilities.

Prospects are growing that incumbent Democrat President Joe Biden and Trump will face off at the Nov. 5 election in a rematch of the 2020 race, with the latter dominating the Iowa Republican caucuses last week for the party's presidential nomination.

Pompeo served as the U.S. Secretary of State for almost three years from 2018 under the administration of Trump, who had called on security allies to take on more of the financial burden of supporting U.S. forces during his tenure, and recently said he would solve the Russia-Ukraine war quickly.

Pompeo also said Trump, who "doesn't like war,"would "give the American people and the world the best opportunity" to go back to "a more peaceful place and a more prosperous world" and to good relations with friendly nations if he becomes president again.

The "structural ideas" of Trump's first term, such as bringing down the bilateral trade deficit with China by imposing tariffs and demanding NATO members pay a "fair share" of security assistance, would be "unlikely to change," he added.

Meanwhile, Pompeo expressed support for some of Biden's policies on Asia, citing the strengthened trilateral partnership with Japan and South Korea, and the emphasis on the Quad four-way security framework with Japan, Australia and India.

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Pompeo Dismisses Trump's Ukraine Pledge: No Idea 'What He's Talking About'

Mar 29, 2023 at 7:52 PM EDT By Aila Slisco

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo can't make any sense of former President Donald Trump's claim that he would personally end the Russia-Ukraine war within 24 hours of negotiation.

Pompeo, who served during the Trump administration as secretary of state and the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),has been at odds with his former bosssince they both left office in January 2021. There has been some speculation that Pompeo may challenge Trump for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, although he has not officially announced a run.

Pompeo dismissed Trump's claim of being able to easily end the war in Ukraine during an interview with Fox News host Martha MacCallum on Tuesday. He was asked whether the war could be "solved within one day" after being shown a clip of Trump telling Fox personality Sean Hannity about a "very easy" but secret negotiation technique that he would use to abruptly end the conflict.

"I don't know what he's talking about”Pompeo responded.

Pompeo went on to say that theTrump administration had been "able to deter" Russian President Vladimir Putinfrom invading Ukraine, although hefailed to mention Trump by nameand said thatthe feat had been accomplished "while I was secretary of state."

The former secretary of state also offered partial praise for President Joe Biden's policy of sending aid to Ukraine during its war with Russia, saying: "I applaud the Biden administration for getting that part of it right," while criticizing the administration for being too "slow and fearful."

Strength is a deterrent. That's why Putin didn't take an inch of Ukraine when I was Secretary. pic.twitter.com/PcLUFKS4Mp — Mike Pompeo (@mikepompeo) March 29, 2023

Trump has suggested slowing or stopping aid to Ukraine instead of ramping it up. The former president repeatedly claimed this year that he would be able to somehow end the conflict quickly through negotiation, despite there being no recent indications that Russia and Ukraine are both willing to negotiate.

During his interview with Hannity on Monday, Trump said he was "100 percent sure" that he would "fix" the war if he wins the 2024 presidential election. He argued that the conflict never would have happened had he remained in the White House, due to Putin knowing "not to mess around with" him.

Trump announced his third bid for the White House in November. Shortly before, Pompeo indicated that Trump's candidacy would not impact his own decision on whether to run for president.He has since gone on to make a number of negative comments directed at the former president.

Pompeo said during a speech at a Republican Jewish Coalition event in November that a "personality" and "celebrity" is not what the GOP needs, seemingly in reference to Trump. He warned Republicans against following "celebrity leaders" and "those with fragile egos who refuse to acknowledge reality" during a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference on March 4.

During a Fox News interview one day later, the former secretary of state said that"President Pompeo or any conservative president" would have done a better job at handling the country's debt than Trump, while expressing ___doubts that the former president wasa "true conservative leader__."

https://www.newsweek.com/pompeo-dismisses-trumps-ukraine-pledge-no-idea-what-hes-talking-about-1791329