I looked at Mark Sumner’s post this AM and the above picture just struck me as how obvious the contempt for Trump is within Pompeo. It takes a skilled liar to get away without their eyes giving them away. Pompeo is a liar and we have seen him lie often, but he’s not very good at it. In almost every interview you can see the contempt Pompeo has for the questioner and for the public he’s addressing. Trump, even though he lies about as often as he breathes isn’t really skilled either, he just doesn’t care if you know he’s lying.
Mike Pompeo is one of those people who has never been satisfied with where he is in life. Pompeo is that guy who walks into a room and thinks he’s raised the average IQ of the room by twenty points because he’s that much smarter than everyone else in the room. That’s also what creates his frustration. He looks at Trump and others and wonders why them and not himself?
Trump’s administration is full of contemptible people. What’s becoming more and more apparent is the contempt they have for one another. And that may be our saving grace. People can only work with someone they hold in contempt but for only so long. Ego eventually takes over and says; “I can’t!”