Pompeo infuriates senators with brash defense of Trump

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spent three hours Wednesday battling Senate Republicans and Democrats who were looking to trash President Trump’s foreign policy, and showed along the way that he’s comfortable with the same brash debate tactics that helped Trump get elected in 2016.

Pompeo was called before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where members of both parties pushed him to criticize Trump’s brazen style when it comes to dealing with foreign leaders. But Pompeo defended Trump’s every move and comment, which led to a snippy ending in which he and Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., accused each other of political harassment.