Pompeo rips Biden for being owned by ‘progressive Left’ ahead of Saudi trip

Published June 21, 2022 12:00am ET



NASHVILLE, Tennessee — President Joe Biden being beholden to liberal Democrats has undermined the United States at home and abroad, according to former Secretary of State and rumored 2024 Republican White House candidate Mike Pompeo.

Before Biden’s highly anticipated trip to Saudi Arabia next month, Pompeo ripped the incumbent for his empty threats after the president promised during the 2020 campaign to make the kingdom “a pariah” over the 2018 assassination of Saudi Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.

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