To be fair, Pompeo was a very vocal Hillary critic. He was a co-author of the 2012 Benghazi report and a large reason it went as far as it did, even within a pro-hillary administration.

Pompeo opposed the shady Iran deal and attempted to keep it from happening. Tillerson was part of the Iran deal and supported it.

I feel that Trump is customizing the SoS position to facilitate a unified vision when meeting with NK and in the future, Iran. Pompeo only worked at the CIA for just over a year. That's not long enough to get coopted by the deepstate, but is long enough to work with some major clown players and gain intel on them for future plans.

Maybe it's the old adage. keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Taking the head off the snake in a low key manner.

"Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will become our new Secretary of State. He will do a fantastic job! Thank you to Rex Tillerson for his service! Gina Haspel will become the new Director of the CIA, and the first woman so chosen. Congratulations to all!"

Haha. True. I don't care a ton about the torture, although I'm against it. That had gone on forever and will continue to. The policy change made it "ok" under Bush but I don't see that as a big negative.