It’s no secret that Rand Paul doesn’t yet support the nomination of Mike Pompeo to the position of Secretary of State.
Well now Trump is trying to pressure Paul to support Pompeo’s nomination, saying publicly today that Paul has never let him down and and he doesn’t think Paul will let him down this time either:
.@POTUS: "I think Mike Pompeo is extraordinary…He just left North Korea [and] had a great meeting with Kim Jong Un and got along with him really well." pic.twitter.com/rqCtzv8hop
— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) April 18, 2018
“I will say this about Rand Paul: He’s never let me down. Rand Paul is a very special guy as far as I’m concerned. He’s never let me down and I don’t think he’ll let us down again.”
He says more than that in the video, but that’s the brunt of it.
I checked Paul’s timeline on Twitter and he hasn’t responded yet to Trump’s pressuring. As Trump said, ‘well see’.
UPDATE:
Rand Paul says he just got off the phone with Pres Trump, who asked him to meet with Pompeo, so Rand is going to meet with Pompeo.
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) April 18, 2018
Still a NO on his nomination at the moment.