On Wednesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo suddenly cancelled his trip to Ukraine that was scheduled for Friday.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1282359
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1282359
Have to wonder how high the heat is getting on this story.
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Reached for comment, Pompeo disclosed that his trip to Ukraine, Kansas was what was originally scheduled.
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That would be funny if it was not so NOT laughable. I hope he runs and get creamed in Kansas.
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Arrest warrants waiting for Pompous? US or Ukrainian?
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His supervisor had to delay his performance review.
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Hmm, is Ukraine nearer or farther from Iraq than the US? 
And doesn’t Iraq have a whole department, outside of the State Dept. that can keep an eye on what’s happening in Iraq?
Is this just a fear of catching the Benghazi taint?
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Does this mean Taylor remains in Ukraine or is there no ambassador or acting ambassador?
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Pompeo Abruptly Cancels Trip To Ukraine For The Second Time
Implausible deniability.
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Excellent. Poor boy is in so deep he can’t get out, wanting nothing to do with Ukraine or Trump. All he wants is to go home, bury his face in a plate of mama’s Italian, and run for Senate. But there are dues to be paid … and God is watching.
ETA: Possibly an opera?
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Must be fun to be this guy, waiting for directions hour by hour from a rotting yam in the WH.
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Ukraine suggested sometime in March, but Pompeo said he was going to have the flu at that time.
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How many layers of lies has this clown already put out about Ukraine? How can we even begin to have “normal relations” with this country after what Trump tried to pull here?
This whole cabal needs to be indicted and put on trial.
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I love the Passive Voice (in English).
Africans (with whom I spend–and have spent–a lot of time) use the Passive Voice when they speak English.
It indicates finesse (and also flexibility)
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I’ve been in a few car crashes (not driving even once) and I’ll tell you that most people close their eyes before the collision because they don’t want to see their own death.
I see a lot of people closing their eyes right now…
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The opera won’t be over until the bloated puffy guy sings. Like a canary. To the feds.
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It’s too bad that the US has never developed technology that would allow cabinet secretaries to stay in touch with their departments and with world events while traveling.
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“Plausible Duh-niability.”
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Hurricane season starts in June, and everyone knows you can’t meet with the Ukrainian president during hurricane season. As for April and May – Infrastructure Months.
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I think you mean us’uns and not them’uns, but we have more than one such department, at least one of which Pompeius Iniquitus is intimately familiar with.
Not to mention the intelligence and communication facilities within his own department.
But maybe he … forgot?
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