Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has finally made all the steps to becoming a presidential candidate. He lost weight, visited key early primary states, became a TV fixture, and now has a book to tout.
Broadside Books today said the still-untitled book will be out in November, just as the 2024 race heats up.
The publisher, part of HarperCollins, said the book “offers a candid and thoughtful recounting of how the Trump administration navigated the world’s most pressing foreign policy challenges to deliver winning outcomes for the American people. He will draw readers deep into the innermost sanctums of government decision-making and reveal the stories and strategic thinking behind key actions regarding North Korea, China, Russia, Iran, Mexico, Israel, Afghanistan, support for international religious freedom, and many other countries and issues.”
And it promised that “Pompeo will offer unvarnished appraisals of the deals made and characters encountered along the way. By laying out the key trends and players shaping the world as it is today, his book will also help Americans understand future challenges from the Chinese Communist Party, the Putin regime, the Islamist revolutionaries in Tehran, and others.”
- The White House Correspondents’ Association is standing firm on its plan to tighten the rules to get into its bash after the more exclusive Gridiron Dinner turned into a COVID-19 superspreader event last weekend. Negative tests will be required to get into the huge dinner, dubbed journalism’s “nerd prom,” later this month. Trevor Noah is the entertainment.
- National Economic Council Director Brian Deese met with reporters last week to talk about the economy, jobs, and Russia sanctions when he was asked how frustrating it is that the public feels the nation is losing jobs, not gaining them. “I’ll hesitate to provide commentary on my feelings,” said the economist. But the reporters at the Christian Science Monitor breakfast egged him on. “Feelings are good,” said one, to which Deese joked, “This is a safe space.”
- Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush is making a return trip to Washington to raise funds for his uphill May runoff with state Attorney General Ken Paxton. Bush is trying to move up the ladder and become the state attorney general. But keeping the Bush family legacy alive could be tough. The Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation just did a poll and found that Paxton leads Bush 65% to 23%.
- Like a handful of popular and prominent House members, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has an online store to push her merchandise. But sales must be slowing down as inflation surges, so she’s got a 20% off sale going on. So now, a $28 hat that screams “Tax The Rich” costs $26.59 with shipping.
