In a March 10 interview with Fox FOX BESINESS host Maria Bartiromo, former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke about the Biden administration’s lack of force in its policies toward China and Iran. On China, he talked about hacking Microsoft, Hong Kong, the Uighurs and virus leaks. He also said the key to the four-nation summit depends on what is done…
Lack of diplomacy
According to the U.S. conservative news outlet Newsmax website on March 11, Pompeo is concerned about the Biden Administration‘s measures at the diplomatic level. He claimed that he is less focused on the process and more on the results. You have seen, he said, that they (the Biden administration) have taken measures to appease Iran.
He added, “We’ve also seen the tepid measures they’ve taken in response to the massive Chinese attack on Microsoft servers. Doing so encourages other countries to challenge us and hit us. And a strong America, an America that doesn’t appease, is the America that can ensure America’s freedom.”
The key to what the four countries do
Regarding Biden’s scheduled participation in a video summit of the leaders of the “quartet” (the United States, Australia, Japan and India) this week 5 to discuss actions against the Chinese Communist Party, Pompeo said it does make him happy, but he is also worried.
He said, “It’s a big step for these leaders to come together, but what’s more important than their meeting is what they actually do and what actions they take.”
Pompeo was pleased that moderator Maria Bartiromo brought up the Trump administration’s toughness on China. He said that was a good point. “We’re bold and not afraid,” he claimed.” We are the first administration to stand up to the threat of the Chinese Communist Party and their actions against the residents of Hong Kong.”
Pompeo said he wants the four leaders to issue a joint statement and take steps to make the Chinese Communist Party understand that their treatment of the Uighur minority, which he declared a genocide before leaving office, and other activities, is “intolerable.” If the Chinese Communist Party continues on this path, we will make them pay the real price,” he said.
Origins of the virus
Pompeo called on the Biden administration to “do the right thing” about the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, including specifically declassified information about China’s role.
The cover-up that occurred was massive, deliberate and a deliberate disservice to the world,” he said. …I hope this administration does the right thing. First, you have to condemn it. You have to recognize that (the coronavirus pandemic) almost certainly started in Wuhan and that there is a high probability that the virus was accidentally leaked from the Virus Research Institute.”
Iran hasn’t won a war, it hasn’t lost a negotiation
Pompeo also spoke about the Biden administration’s plan to return to the Iran nuclear deal, he said, because “there is every opportunity for Iran to continue to try to find weaknesses in the United States.”
The former U.S. President Donald Trump’s secretary of state said, “There’s an old saying that the Iranians have never won a war or lost a negotiation. …Before we re-engage (in the Iran nuclear deal), we have to proceed very carefully and we have to do it from a position of strength, and that’s what we leave to the Biden administration.
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