.@SenBobCorker opening statement in Pompeo hearing was pretty tough. "You come before a group of senators today who are filled with serious doubts about this White House and its conduct of American foreign policy." 1/
@SenBobCorker On Putin, Corker mentioned Crimea, election interference, Assad, UK poisonings, Georgia, INF treaty violations & more. “In the face of these hostilities, in the summit’s aftermath, we saw an American president who appeared submissive and deferential." 2/
@SenBobCorker On Kim Jong-un, Corker mentions N Korean nuclear weapons program, execution of his half-brother, murder of his uncle & Otto Warmbier & more.
“In the face of these realities, the president has called him ‘very talented’ and that ‘he loves his people.’ Really?" 3/
“In the face of these realities, the president has called him ‘very talented’ and that ‘he loves his people.’ Really?" 3/
@SenBobCorker Corker says POTUS "used false information to turn public opinion in the United States against the (NATO) alliance. He even went so far as to cast doubt on the United States’ willingness to enforce Article 5 of the NATO treaty." 4/
Corker blasted the “Trump-Pence tariffs, which in reality are a massive tax increase on American consumers and businesses. And now, the administration appears ready to offer welfare to farmers, who would rather have trade than aid.” 5/
Corker: “The administration tells us, ‘Don’t worry, be patient, there is a strategy here.’ But from where we sit, it appears that in a ‘ready, fire, aim’ fashion, the White House is waking up every morning and making it up as they go.” 6/
Hearing still going on but that was a remarkable opening statement considering Corker and Pompeo are of the same party. ###
