Washington:
Donald Trump’s major diplomat Mike Pompeo has been hired to seem on Fox News as a “contributor,” the conservative cable news channel mentioned Thursday.
“I intend to give viewers a candid, no-nonsense look at geopolitics, international relations and the America First policies that helped chart the course for unprecedented American prosperity and security,” the former secretary of state and member of Congress mentioned in a statement released by Fox.
“Mike Pompeo is one of America’s most recognized and respected voices on foreign policy and national security issues,” Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott mentioned. “I look forward to his contributions across our range of platforms to share his distinct perspective with our millions of viewers.”
Pompeo took up the post of secretary of state from his predecessor Rex Tillerson in April 2018 till the finish of the Trump administration in January 2021. He was previously director of the CIA.
Recently, Pompeo has joined calls for the United States to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and has referred to as the specialist report on the origins of the Covid-19 virus a “sham” as component of a “disinformation campaign” from the World Health Organization and the Chinese Communist Party.
He was on the front lines of the Trump administration’s standoff with China.
Fox has hired other members of the Trump orbit in current months, which includes his daughter-in-law and campaign advisor Lara Trump and former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany.
The network has located itself embroiled in controversies more than Trump’s untrue allegations of election rigging in 2020, with voting machine maker Dominion in search of more than $1 billion in a lawsuit more than allegations Fox implicated the firm in the false claims.
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