THE PRESIDENT’S POLL NUMBERS ARE
NOW AT ANOTHER NEW LOW THIS
MORNING.
JOINING ME TO DISCUSS IT IN
DEPTH WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT,
FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE
POMPEO.
SECRETARY, GREAT TO SEE YOU THIS
MORNING.
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I’M
PROUD TO BE THE FATHER OF MY
SONIC, TO ALL THE FATHERS BLESS
YOU, STAY IN YOUR KIDS LIVES.
WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE THE NEXT
GENERATION BEHIND US IS WELL AND
THANK TO ALL YOU DO.
I KNOW YOURS PASSED AWAY AND
MINE PASSED AWAY AFEW YEARS BACK
AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE FATHERS
THAT MADE THIS COUNTRY GREAT.
MARIA: THANK YOU, MR. SECRETARY.
YOUR DAY ONE EXTENSIVE RESUME’ I
WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE WHERE WE
ARE TODAY.
ASSESS WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO
PEOPLE.
I KNOW YOU’RE TRAVELING.
YOU WENT TO FOUR STATES THE LAST
FEW DAYS.
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM
CONSTITUENTS?
>> MARIA, YOU WENT THROUGH IN
YOUR OPENING A LONG LIST OF
THINGS THAT ARE JUST TROUBLING
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WE FACE IN
THE IMMEDIATE TERM THE FACT
FAMILIES ARE BEING IMPACTED IN
WAYS THAT HAVE BEEN
FUNDAMENTALLY RESHAPING THEIR
LIVES.
FOLKS WHO THOUGHT THEY WERE
RETIRED CAN SEE THEIR SAVINGS
ARE HALF, 2/3 OF WHAT THEY WERE
JUST A HANDFUL OF WEEKS AGO.
THEY MAY HAVE TO REENTER THE
WORK FOR PLANNED FOR THEIR LIFE
FOR DECADES.
FAMILIES TRYING TO BUY HOMES,
INTEREST RATES AT 6%.
GROCERY STORE SHELVES IN STORES
ARE EMPTY.
THIS IS DEEPLY UN-AMERICAN.
IT IS THE RESULT OF FAILED
POLICY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
THIS WAS ALL TAKING PLACE OVER
THE LAST 18 MONTHS SINCE THE
ADMINISTRATIONS CHANGED OUT.
IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE, MARIA.
THIS IS FAILED LEADERSHIP, BAD
POLITICS, WEDDING TO A CLIMATE
AGENDA DESTROYED THE AMERICAN
ENERGY INDUSTRY AT BASE OF SO
MUCH OF THESE COST INCREASES.
WE KNOW HOW TO FIX IT.
WE CAN SECURE THE SOUTHERN
BORDER.
WE CAN GET AFFORDABLE ENERGY
PRICES, GET THE ECONOMY GOING
BACK AGAIN.
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
WILL HAVE TO CHANGE DIRECTION
SHOWS NO SIGNS OF DOING THAT.
HE WOULD RATHER TELL THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE DON’T BELIEVE
YOUR LYING EYES.
MARIA: WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE
PRESIDENT’S POLL NUMBERS AT
RECORD LOWS.
WE HAVE THE NUMBERS THIS
MORNING, JUST ABOUT 39%, 43%
APPROVE OF THIS PRESIDENT’S
PERFORMANCE.
YET HE IS DIGGING IN, CONTINUING
THIS CLIMATE AGENDA.
SECRETARY, WE HAVE GINA
McCARTHY, THE HEAD OF THE
CLIMATE ADVISOR TEAM, TELLING
BIG TECH TO CENSOR ANY STORIES
THAT THEY DON’T AGREE WITH.
SHE IS TALKING TO BIG TECH AND
SAYING YOU NEED TO WIPE OUT
QUOTE, UNQUOTE, DISINFORMATION.
HERE IS GINA McCARTHY THIS
WEEK.
WATCH THIS.
>> THE TECH COMPANIES HAVE TO
STOP ALLOWING SPECIFIC
INDIVIDUALS OVER AND OVER AGAIN
TO SPREAD DISINFORMATION.
THAT’S WHAT THE FOSSIL FUEL
COMPANIES PAY FOR.
>> AND YET THEY TALK ABOUT IT AS
IF IT’S A TRANSITION.
THEY DON’T MIND THAT INFLATION
IS STOKED AND HAS BEEN MAKING
EVERYTHING MORE EXPENSIVE, MOST
NOTABLY GASOLINE.
>> PUT GINA McCARTHY ON VIDEO
ON SUNDAY, LIKE PUTTING THE RED
CARPET IN FRONT OF THE BULL.
I’VE KNOWN GINA McCARTHY SINCE
SHE WAS DIRECTOR EPA, SHE WAS
TRYING TO DESTROY THE BUSINESS
OF MY HOME STATE OF KANSAS WHEN
I WAS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS.
WHAT YOU HEARD THERE IS EXACTLY
THE SAME THING.
THEY HAVE BEEN TRY BEING TO
CANCEL IDEAS WE’VE BEEN PUTTING
FORWARD TO BUILD AN AMERICAN
ENERGY COMPLEX THAT INCLUDES ALL
OF THE ABOVE, OIL, NATURAL GAS,
RENEWABLE FUELS, HYDROPOWER ALL
THOSE THINGS.
THEY ARE TRYING TO DESTROY THOSE
OPPORTUNITY.
INSTEAD THEY HAVE THIS FAITH, I
CALL IT A FAITH, GREATLY
INTENTIONALLY SECULAR RELIGION
ON CLIMATE CHANGE.
THEY’RE DESTROYING AMERICAN
PEOPLES LIVES.
THIS IS NOT ACADEMIC.
THIS IS NOT SOME IPCC REPORT,
ABOUT HUMAN BEINGS TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO AFFORD TO TURN
LIGHTS ON AT THE HOME AND FILL
THEIR GAS TANK.
GENE MA McCARTHY DOESN’T CARE
A WHIP ABOUT THAT.
SHE IS DESTROYING AMERICANS
LIVES WITH THE BLESSING OF
UNITED STATES.
TRYING TO DESTROY THE GOOD
SCIENCE OUT IN THE PUBLIC IS ONE
OF THE MOST DANGEROUS THINGS
GOVERNMENT CAN DO AND GENE MA
McCARTHY IS BEHIND THAT FOR
SOME TIME.
MARIA: PRESIDENT WANTS TO TRAVEL
TO SAUDI ARABIA.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS
YOU LED, WAS THE
"ABRAHAM ACCORDS."
YOU DID A LOT IN THE PAST
ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS
RUNNING THE CIA AT YOUR TIME IN
CONGRESS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT
MIDDLE EAST, WHAT TOOK PLACE ON
YOUR WATCH, NOW THE PRESIDENT IS
TRAVELING TO SAUDI ARABIA TO GET
THEM TO PUT MORE OIL ON THE
MARKET.
HOW DO YOU THINK THAT MEETING
PLAYS OUT?
>> WELL, I’M GLAD THAT THE
PRESIDENT RECOGNIZES THAT WE
NEED MORE ENERGY IN THE
MARKETPLACE.
SO CHECK THAT ONE.
I SAID SOMETHING GOOD ABOUT
PRESIDENT BIDEN THIS MORNING BUT
THE FIRST PLACE HE SHOULD GO TO
MIDLAND, TEXAS, BAKKEN SHALE OR
PENNSYLVANIA.
AMERICAN ENERGY IS THE RIGHT
PLACE TO START.
INSTEAD THEY STARTED WITH THE
IRANIANS, THE VENEZUELANS AND
NOW MOVED TO THE SAUDIS.
I HOPE THE FACT HE IS TAKING A
TRIP THERE WILL CONVINCE THE
SAUD I DIDS MORE BROADLY, EVEN
OPEC TO PRODUCE MORE ENERGY.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD
THING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
BUT WHEN YOU SIDE WITH THE
IRANIANS, WORLD’S LARGEST STATE
RESPONSE SORE OF TERROR AGAINST
THE EMIRATES, THOSE LEADERS NO
LONGER HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE
UNITED STATES AND THE CHANCE
THEY WILL DO A SOLID FOR
JOE BIDEN IS EXCEEDINGLY LOW.
I HOPE HE CAN TURN THE COURSE
THERE, MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT.
THEY SET THE MARK WHEN THEY MADE
DECISION TO WALK AWAY FROM
"ABRAHAM ACCORDS" AND PEACE AND
STABILITY THEY BROUGHT TO THE
REGION, ECONOMIC PROSPERITY THEY
BROUGHT TO THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA AS EMIRATIS, ISRAELIS,
MOROCCANS TRADING TOGETHER, THEY
WALKED AWAY FROM THE DEAL THEY
MADE ENERGY PRICES HIGHER AND
LIVE WORSE FOR EVERY AMERICAN.
MARIA: I THINK THE SAUDIS ARE
UPSET ABOUT THE PRESIDENT
CONTINUING TO TRY TO GET THE
U.S. BACK INTO THE IRAN DEAL.
WE’RE EXPECTING THAT THE
PRESIDENT IS ALSO GOING TO VISIT
ISRAEL ON THIS MIDDLE EAST EARN
TRIP.
TELL ME ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE THINKING RIGHT NOW?
THINKING RIGHT NOW?
I KNOW THERE ARE REPORTS ISRAEL
IS TALKING ABOUT IMPROVEING TIES
POSITIVE THE "ABRAHAM ACCORDS."
I’M TOLD YOU CAN’T SAY THE
"ABRAHAM ACCORDS" IN THE
WHITE HOUSE TODAY.
>> I CAN IMAGINE WHAT PRIME
MINISTER BENNETT IS THINKING IN
ISRAEL.
WHEN HAMAS FIRED ROCKETS INTO
ISRAEL, IT TOOK THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION FOUR-DAYS THAT
ISRAEL HAVE THE RIGHT TO DEFEND
ITSELF.
THEY NO LONGER HAVE CONFIDENCE
THAT UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL
HAVE THE DEEP CON NECK ACTIVITY
AT THE TIME OF MY WORK AND
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S WORK.
WHEN THE FRIENDS DON’T TRUST
YOU, MOST IMPORTANT ALLY IN THE
REGION DOESN’T TRUST YOU,
ISRAELIS WILL TRY TO FIGURE OUT
HOW IRAN NEVER GET AS NUCLEAR
WEAPON EVEN IF THE UNITED STATES
WON’T SUPPORT THAT EFFORT.
I PRAY IT DOESN’T COME TO THAT.
I’M SURE THEY’RE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW WE BUILD A
COALITION.
THEY WORKING MORE CLOSELY WITH
THE ARAB STATES NOT THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
THAT IS NOT FOOD FOR OUR COUNTRY
LET ALONE THE PEOPLE OF OUR
COUNTRY THAT DOESN’T WORK FOR
IOWA, KANSAS, PLACES WHERE I
TRAVELED THEY ALL CAN SEE THE
STABILITY WE BUILT IN OUR FOUR
YEARS IS SQUANDERED THROWN AWAY,
PUTTING US ALL AT RISK.
MARIA: WHAT A TERRIBLE SHAME.
I WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE WHAT IS
GOING ON IN IRAN RIGHT NOW.
THE MULLAHS IN IRAN ARE STILL
TRYING TO TARGET YOU, FORCING
YOU TO HAVE EXTRA SECURITY
AROUND BUT IF TENSIONS INCREASE
AND IRANIAN REGIME ACTUALLY
RETALIATES, BECAUSE YOU SEE THE
PROTESTERS BUBBLING UP IN IRAN
RIGHT NOW, IS THE AREA BECOMING
MORE FRAGILE?
DOES THIS BECOME THE NEXT CRISIS
FOR THE UNITED STATES?
ISN’T IT TRUE THEY COULD BLOCK
THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ AND
PREVENT OIL CARGOS, PERHAPS MAKE
THE OIL SITUATION EVEN WORSE?
>> MARIA, THERE IS NO DOUBT
ABOUT THE TENUOUS SITUATION.
THAT RISK IS VERY REAL.
I WATCHED THIS FOR FOUR YEARS.
I WAS SO DEEPLY INVOLVED TO MAKE
SURE THAT DAY NEVER CAME WHEN
THE IRANIANS WERE THREATENING
AMERICANS, WE TOOK OUT THE
LEADER IRGC QUDS FORCE TO MAKE
SURE HE NEVER THREATENED ANOTHER
AMERICAN.
THIS ADMINISTRATION INSTEAD TALK
ABOUT THE MURDER OF KHASHOGGI.
THAT IS BAD THING BUT IRANIAN
EFFORTS TO MURDER PEOPLE ALL
ACROSS THE WORLD, THE FACT THEY
CONTINUE TO SPONSOR TERROR FROM
HEZBOLLAH ON ISRAEL AND FROM
HAMAS AND THE IRAQI SHIA
MILITIAS, THE IRANIANS ARE THE
LARGEST THREAT IN THE REGION.
THEY COULD CLOSE DOWN THE
STRAIT, DRIVE ENERGY PRICES
HIGHER.
THIS ADMINISTRATION TRIED TO
APPEASE THEM.
THIS HAS FAILED.
THIS ISN’T ACADEMIC.
THIS MATTERS TO PEOPLE ACROSS
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
WHAT HAPPENS IN TEHRAN DOESN’T
STAY THERE.
IT IMPACTS US.
WHEN YOU GET THAT WRONG, WHEN YOU TRY TO APPEASE SOMEONE LIKE
YOU TRY TO APPEASE SOMEONE LIKE
THE AYATOLLAH WHO IS A RELIGIOUS
THEOCRATIC AUTHORITARIAN WHO
TRIES TO PUT DOWN THE IRANIAN
PEOPLE EVERY DAY.
I PRAY FOR THE IRANIAN PEOPLE
EVERY DAY, A PRESIDENT
ABANDONING OUR FRIENDS, EMBOLDEN
ING OUR ENEMIES IT IS
DANGEROUS IN TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
BUT IN THE UNITED STATES AS
WELL.
MARIA: SECRETARY, REAL QUICK AS
WELL, I SAW YOUR SPEECH AT THE
FAITH AND FREEDOM COALITION’S
ROAD TO MAJORITY CONFERENCE IN
NASHVILLE.
IT WAS A GREAT SPEECH.
CONGRATS.
I THINK THAT YOU WERE
COMPLIMENTARY TO PRESIDENT TRUMP
BUT YOU ALSO TALKED TALKED ABOUT
WHAT YOUR LEADERSHIP DID IN THE
ADMINISTRATION T HAS SPARKED A
LOT OF PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT YOU
IN 2024.
ARE YOU PLANNING TO RUN FOR
PRESIDENT IN 24?
>> THANKS FOR COMPLIMENT.
IT WAS A GREAT GROUP.
WE NEED TO BUILD AN AMERICAN A
MAJORITY, AN AMERICAN COALITION,
I TALKED TO FOLKS ASSEMBLED
THERE ABOUT.
IT WAS WONDERFUL EVENING.
GAVE ME THIS RONALD REAGAN
AWARD.
HOW COOL FOR SOMEONE A YOUNG
LIEUTENANT WHEN HE WAS MY
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
I’M WORKING ON 2022 ACROSS THE
COUNTRY HELPING FOLKS GET
ELECTED.
SUSAN AND I WILL WORK, PRAY AND
WE’LL DECIDE HOW WE BEST WORK
FOR AMERICA AS WE MOVE FORWARD
FROM THERE.
MARIA: GREAT TO SEE YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS ABOUT THAT.