Pompeo claims that China’s Xi feels ‘weakness’ emanating from the White House

The U.S. should provide Taiwan with “every tool” to prevent a Chinese takeover according to Mike Pompeo (former Secretary of State) who claims that the “absence of resolve in President Biden’s foreign policy has led to aggression by adversaries all over the globe.

Hostile governments — from Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and Venezuela — feel weakness and want to capitalise, Pompeo stated over the weekend. This suggests that the great-power strategy of deterrence, which has for decades underpinned America’s global position, has been almost abandoned in the last two years.

“Deterrence relies on both capability and intent, and the administration have not shown the intention of protecting the things that are important,” Pompeo said to The Washington Times during an extensive interview while on a trip to South Korea. He spoke at an event to promote deeper U.S. involvement in the Pacific.

While he avoided the question about whether or not he would run for President, saying that “only the Lord know”, Mr. Pompeo stated that he will do all he can in order to secure a Republican win at the midterms.

He expressed his concern about the possibility that the U.S. security agencies, including the FBI, are being attacked by a “political mindset”, which threatens to weaken the mission of American protection.

When asked about FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Florida estate, Pompeo stated that it was imperative to remove politics from agency operations.


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He warned about the dangers of “starting to prosecute your enemies” in domestic politics.

More broadly, he said that Mr. Biden’s foreign policy mistakes should be considered in Republican efforts to retake Congress, the White House and Congress. This week marks the first anniversary of Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan.

Xi sees weakness

The administration’s mishandled troop withdrawal set off a trend where adversaries push the envelope in more aggressive ways. Mr. Pompeo stated that China has become empowered to promote its interests vis-a -vis Taiwan, with the confidence that Washington will avoid confrontation.

Mr. Pompeo stated that he supports the reduction of U.S. troops in Afghanistan but only under “a certain set of conditions .”

” Every world leader witnessed last year’s “debacle” and saw an America “not prepared to do basic blocking and dealing, something it was fully capable to doing in order to safeguard its citizens,” he stated.

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“When they see that — that absence of resolve — I think it increases the likelihood that Xi Jinping will make an aggressive attempt to do what he has long wanted to do, which is to bring Taiwan back inside of the Chinese orbit,” he said, adding that “there is little doubt in my mind that Xi Jinping senses weakness from an American administration.”

His remarks coincide with Washington hand-wringing over Washington’s reaction to Chinese military provocations toward Taiwan after Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker of the House visited the island democracy.

Mr. Biden was criticized for his conciliatory tone in relation to the Pelosi visit. The White House publicly warned the California Democrat that the Pelosi visit was “not a good plan” and would unnecessarily prod China.

The placatory posture continued even though China responded to Pelosi’s visit with military drills and live-fire exercises, alleging that her visit violated America’s “one-China” policy.

The administration was criticised for not supporting a bipartisan push to overhaul the policy. They declared Taiwan a major non-NATO ally and authorized $4.5 billion security assistance.

Pelosi undercut

Foster, a Republican Congressman from Kansas, was critical of the Trump administration’s behavior and defended Mrs. Pelosi’s decision to visit Taiwan.

“Anonymous Speaker Pelosi announced that she would travel to Taiwan. To have her executive branch… honestly part of her party… say “No, we don’t believe it’s wise to her go,” is the exact same language used by the Chinese Communist Party foreign ministry. It weakens America and makes us less secure. This presents great risk for Taiwan

“The Chinese behave as though this were a huge challenge, a huge confrontation with them or an intentional provocation by the Chinese Communist Party,” said he. She was just getting on an aircraft, landing, and holding a meeting. We shouldn’t lose sight of this fact: What the Chinese Communist Party did in the past week wasn’t really a reaction to Pelosi visiting .”

“[ “It] was just a post-hoc justification of what they wanted to do…to unify Taiwan and China,” said Mr. Pompeo. They want to take control of another sovereign and free nation, and place it in the Chinese orbit .”

” To prevent that from happening, he stated that “we should provide the Taiwanese with every tool they require .”

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The former secretary of State also claimed that the current administration is not providing sufficient military support for Ukraine in order to resist Russian invasion.

” There’s been a lot of talk about how we will provide these resources, but I believe if you ask Ukraine’s military we have been slow, late and small,” Pompeo stated. You can agree on the policy, and there are many who do. Even my party. If your policy is support for the Ukrainians, and to give them the tools to protect their sovereignty, then provide them. Do not issue a press release. Just provide .”

Clear lines drawn

Mr. Pompeo also criticized the Biden government’s insistence on waiting indefinitely for Iran’s ultra-Islamist government to agree to the president’s offer of reinstituting the Obama-era nuke accord, which Mr. Trump withdrew the U.S. from in 2018.

Last week, the Justice Department announced that an Iranian agent was charged with plotting to assassinate Trump’s National Security Advisor John Bolton. According to sources familiar with the matter, Mr. Pompeo was also part of the plot.

Mr. Pompeo stated that Iranian officials have made “no secret” of their efforts to “follow” former Trump administration officials. He claimed the administration was more dedicated than the Biden to making sure “Iran never gets nuclear weapons .”

” The Biden administration has been very focused on providing them with a lot of money that will eventually enable them to build not just a weapon but a program to develop it,” he stated in reference to Obama’s offer to reinstate sanctions relief to Iran if the country complies with the Obama-era agreement regarding nuclear enrichment limits.

Mr. Pompeo talked to The Times in Seoul, where he was participating in a summit on leadership, Toward Peace in the Korean Peninsula hosted by The Universal Peace Federation (UPF).

UPF co-founded Hak Ja Han Moon (leader of Unification Church, wife of late Rev. Sun Myung Moon. They dedicated their lives to world peace and the unification of Korea’s peninsula. This was the foundation of the Unification Church, Rev. Moon was founded in 1954.

The movement evolved over the years into a worldwide spiritual movement with an associated commercial empire that includes hundreds of ventures across more than half a dozen countries. This also includes hospitals and universities, as well as newspapers like The Washington Times.

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In an interview with The Times Mr. Pompeo stressed the importance of a clearer and more focused policy towards North Korea. He said that Pyongyang is “preparing to conduct a nuclear test .”

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More broadly, Pompeo described deterrence as “at the heart of keeping America safe .”

” Regardless of where you are located in Texas, Minnesota, or El Paso, we need an America strong enough to deter .”

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” You can’t be constantly on your back foot… playing defensive, because that is what the opposition will do,” said Mr. Pompeo. If they feel no risk, don’t fear, and don’t believe there’s a strong America then they’ll ‘feel free’ to roam the cabin .'”

“This is what you see all over the globe. If you’re not seeing the good guys, feel free to roam the cabin .”

He said that Trump’s strategy was to use America’s core strengths, economic power and resources, as well as all other tools available that don’t relate to the United States military. We’ll then build a military that can say when it’s “go”, we’re going be really good .”

He stated that the Biden government should learn from Trump’s team’s clarity and willingness to challenge if it was broached.

” Our national security team was also serious in saying that these are the important things, and we will defend them. But it wasn’t always. It was real. “It was controlled,” said Mr. Pompeo. We were serious about the matter and that I believe kept many of the negative guys from saying “You know, we think they’ll give Americans some room for the things they’ve demonstrated they care about .'”

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He stated that Mr. Biden had “flipped .”

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“When drawing those boundaries you must be ready to defend them…in a way that bad guys can see it, it’s just too risky,” he stated.

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