After keeping a low profile for weeks, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo suddenly can’t stop talking about the coronavirus
“I couldn’t be prouder of what you’ve accomplished during this global pandemic,” he wrote. “You’re doing some of the most impressive work in the State Department’s 230-year history.”
Perhaps the most controversial aspect of Pompeo’s coronavirus response so far — an area in which he has been outspoken from the start — is his use of it to attack American adversaries such as Iran and China.Pompeo, furious that some Chinese officials were hinting that the virus might have originated outside their borders — possibly even from the U.S. — began calling it the “Wuhan virus.
Pompeo insists the U.S. wants to cooperate with China and other countries to battle the virus. He notes that the U.S. even offered Iran humanitarian aid to battle the pandemic — an offer the Iranians dismissed as insincere. On Tuesday, he unveiled a proposal to lift sanctions on Venezuela – another U.S. adversary — in return for a political transition that could erode or end the rule of dictator Nicolás Maduro.
“It’s bad policy because we are in this together, and strengthening the capability of all countries to cooperate on information exchange and best practices will save American lives,” said Tom Countryman, a former senior State Department official.
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