Biden foreign policy struggles fuel Mike Pompeo speech at CPAC

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ORLANDO, Florida — President Joe Biden’s foreign policy struggles from Afghanistan to Ukraine fueled former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, where he looked back on previous widespread criticism of former President Donald Trump’s foreign policy apparatus.

“I remember, we were the barbarians, we were the rubes, we didn’t know what we were doing,” Pompeo said in a speech on Friday. “We’re pretty competent now.”

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