Columbia Hires Trump’s Former Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, To Teach Course on Diplomacy

Columbia University has enlisted former secretary of state Mike Pompeo to teach a course on public diplomacy. Pompeo will join Columbia’s Institute of Global Politics (IGP), housed within the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), as a Carnegie Distinguished Fellow for a one-year appointment, starting on March 1 and lasting through February 2026.

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Trump revokes security detail of another former deep-stater



President Donald Trump revoked disgraced Dr. Anthony Fauci's security detail Thursday night.

Fauci is the latest deep-stater to have his security detail pulled following Trump's inauguration on Monday. Since then, Trump has also revoked security for John Bolton, his former national security adviser, and Mike Pompeo, his former secretary of state. Additionally, Trump rescinded the security clearances of 51 intelligence officials who falsely claimed that Hunter Biden's laptop was Russian disinformation.

'You know, they all made a lot of money. They could hire their own security.'

Trump addressed the media about the recent security removals, arguing that "you can't have a security detail for the rest of your life because you worked for government."

"You know, when you work for the government, at some point, your security detail comes off," Trump said during a press conference Friday. "You can't have it forever, so I think it's very standard."

"You know, they all made a lot of money," Trump told reporters. "They could hire their own security. All the people you’re talking about. They can go out. I can give them some good numbers of very good security people. They can hire their own security."

Fauci also made headlines earlier in the week after former President Joe Biden issued a pre-emptive pardon for the former NIH director just hours before Trump was officially sworn in.

"This guy went around giving everybody pardons," Trump said Wednesday night in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity. "And you know the funny thing, maybe the sad thing is, he didn't give himself a pardon."

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Former Trump administration official latest to have security detail revoked, report says



President Donald Trump revoked security protection for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, according to the New York Times.

Although Pompeo's security detail was recently renewed by the Biden administration due to persistent threats from Iran, Trump has reportedly rescinded his detail. Trump also allegedly revoked the security for his former top aide, Brian Hook, who was similarly afforded protections due to Iranian threats. Their security details were reportedly revoked on Tuesday.

'The American people can judge for themselves which President made the right call.'

This decision came the day after Trump also rescinded the U.S. Secret Service detail for John Bolton, who served as Trump's national security adviser in his first administration.

"I am disappointed but not surprised that President Trump has decided to terminate the protection previously provided by the United States Secret Service," Bolton said in a statement Tuesday. "Notwithstanding my criticisms of President Biden's national-security policies, he nonetheless made the decision to extend that protection to me in 2021."

"The Justice Department filed criminal charges against an Iranian Revolutionary Guard official in 2022 for attempting to hire a hit man to target me," Bolton added. "That threat remains today, as also demonstrated by the recent arrest of someone trying to arrange for President Trump's own assassination. The American people can judge for themselves which President made the right call."

Notably, senior U.S. officials are not automatically granted security details, apart from former presidents and their spouses. Security details are left to the discretion of the current administration.

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Dismantling The Deep State Begins On Day One Of Trump 2.0

On Monday, the new administration made clear that 'the State Department will have an America-First foreign policy.'

Trump Transition Team Is Rightly Wary Of Sleazy General Services Administration

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WATCH: Trump Foreign Policy Picks Are ‘Dream Team’ for Israel

JERUSALEM—Donald Trump named more than half a dozen pro-Israel hawks to key foreign policy roles this week, reassuring Israelis that the president-elect’s incoming administration will be as supportive as his first.

Trump’s picks largely ended talk in Israel that MAGA isolationism could weaken U.S. backing of the Jewish state. Israeli commentators hailed the roster—led by Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) for secretary of state and Fox News host Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense—as a "dream team."

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Who's in the Running To Serve as Trump's Defense Sec? Here are the Reported Candidates.

President Donald Trump’s decisive election win this week has sparked a scramble to determine who will serve in his top cabinet roles, with several high-profile allies vying to become the next defense secretary. During his first term in office, Trump tapped four-star general James Mattis to lead the military before replacing him with Defense Department […]

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Iran Is Still Trying To Assassinate Mike Pompeo, State Department Discloses to Congress in Non-Public Memo

Iran is still actively engaged in plots to assassinate two senior Trump administration officials, including former secretary of state Mike Pompeo, according to a non-public notice sent to Congress and obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

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