Pompeo cancelled his Europe trip after top European Union officials declined to meet him

[Nevilledog]

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John Harwood
@JohnJHarwood
from Reuters:

“Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cancelled his Europe trip at the last minute on Tuesday after Luxembourg's foreign minister and top European Union officials declined to meet him, European diplomats and other people familiar with the matter said”
11:45 AM · Jan 12, 2021

[greenjar_01]

1. Wow

How low we've fallen.

[lunatica]

18. It was specifically about Pompeo and Trump

Not the US or us or Biden/Harris. Pompeo has been a total ass to our allies.

I’m sure these same people have already called Biden to express their relief that he’s the New American President.

[Hortensis]

28. Yes. We only have one president at a time, but he can resume

relationships and communications through contacts and old friends.

[lunatica]

31. Getting a known politician is an advantage now

No one has to guess what they’re getting with Joe Biden. In this case his age and experience are a real asset. A younger person would have to prove themselves both to the world and to us. Biden has already shown us who he is in the body of work throughout his life. As has Nancy Pelosi and so many more.

Age and experience matter and there is no substitute for them. Unfortunately these qualities are really underrated in this country.

[Hortensis]

32. :) Not by everyone and only by fools and those with dishonest agendas.

The yammering of both just sometimes makes it seem like they're a majority.

[lunatica]

34. Thanks for the reminder.

[soothsayer]

2. Can't say I blame them

Pointless

[Paladin]

3. Suck on THAT, Pompeo. (nt)

[Iliyah]

4. There's always Putin . . .

[Wounded Bear]

5. So now Luxemburg can snub our Sec of State? Luxem-fucking-burg?

How low we've fallen.

[hatrack]

26. There's some symmetry here . . .

It was Trump who elbowed the president of Montenegro out of the way for his photo-op.

I'd call it coming full circle, or something like that.

[DFW]

6. If the announced visitor's name had been

Clinton, Kerry, or Blinken, she/he would have been welcomed with open arms.

Europeans watch the news on TV and read the newspapers, too.

[elleng]

15. Thanks for the not-surprising view!

[DFW]

23. I figured that was one of my less controversial posts

[Totally Tunsie]

7. Good. tRump and his entire posse should be shunned

throughout the world. Besides, what's the point now with only 8 days left in this wacko administration? We don't need to be funding the likes of Pence, Pompeo, Kushner, Guiliani, et al, for a last moment all-expense-paid vacation for these rubes. We've paid the price for the last four years. Enough.

[ecstatic]

8. WTF does he need to go there for, with 8 days left?

These f*cking traitors still plan to be in power after the 20th.

[Nevilledog]

17. Plausible deniability

[Mike 03]

9. Oh, so that's the story.

Various articles offered various speculations, but this is the one that rings true.

[elleng]

10. THANKS, all!

[bronxiteforever]

11. The "all about me & my ambition" tour fails n/t

[FakeNoose]

12. They probably heard about his flopped Christmas Party

Nobody wanted to catch Covid. Can you imagine that?

[alwaysinasnit]

13. How embarrassing. MF wanted one last tax-payer funded vacation trip before his ass is out of office.

[Flaleftist]

14. What's the point, anyway? We will have a new administration in 8 days.

But I guess that doesn't stop him from enjoying a private plane and first class accomodations courtesy of the taxpayers.

[Hotler]

16. They smelled fascism on him. nt

[Skittles]

19. LOVE IT

let's treat Trump INC and his fans for what they are: F A S C I S T S

[hunter]

20. Pompeo, slow to realize he is dog poop on a shoe.

.

[CatMor]

21. To think this loser will be running for president in 2024...

republicans have the knack for picking the most despicable people to run for office. They are experts at that.

[mikeysnot]

29. And their base will vote for them

no matter what...

[Generic Other]

22. The lame duck can swim in circles

in his own damn swamp...

[wcmagumba]

24. Pompuso and dump insurrection supporting Roger Marshall both of Kansas are moronic...

scum sucking pigs, kissing the inciter in chief's behind to the very end and beyond...lying assholes...

[Brother Buzz]

25. Well asshole, what with you calendar open, and all, I guess you got time to shoot over to Taiwan...

to really fuck things up

[Generic Other]

27. Mike Pompeo claims that Al Qaeda is now based in Iran

JRehling @JRehling

Mike Pompeo claims that Al Qaeda is now based in Iran.

The Shia–Sunni split goes back to 632 AD. Their beef is older than America by a millennium, and they're each other's enemy next door. Pompeo is telling another Big Lie.

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[nolabear]

30. They're done. Nobody has to pretend any more.

[Crunchy Frog]

33. He's irrelevant at this point. No reason to give him free photo ops.

[EleanorR]

35. He and his wife were trying to sneak in one last vacay on our dime

Good riddance to these grifters.