106: Mike Pompeo, Former US Secretary of State & CIA Director, on Geopolitics, Leadership, and the Economy

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🗓️ 27 July 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In the third and final episode of our 'July With Jen Series', guest hosted by Jen Prosek, we welcome Mike Pompeo onto the show. Mike is the only man to ever have served as both the US Secretary of State (2018-21) and CIA Director (2017-18).

In this episode, Mike and Jen have a riveting conversation, discussing a range of key geopolitical topics, such as; US-China relations, what to expect from the Ukraine/Russia conflict in light of the recent mutiny, and his hopes for the future of the United States.

He goes on to defend the recent history of US interventionism in the Middle East - suggesting that it was underpinned by just intentions - before explaining how his experience in business prior to politics helped him truly understand the USA's unique economic advantages.

In addition, Mike discusses how his faith has impacted his outlook on the world, why he preferred working as Director of the CIA over being the Secretary of State under Trump, and how the US media should focus on policy - not just personalities - in its election coverage.

The Money Maze Podcast is kindly sponsored by Schroders, Bremont Watches, and LiveTrade. We’re also pleased to be highlighting & supporting GAIN as our 2023 Charitable Partner.

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0:00.0	You can't disconnect security from the economy.
0:03.5	The threat from the Chinese Communist Party is centrally an economic threat today.
0:07.7	And so to the extent we got that piece right and put America on a sounder economic footing around the world,
0:13.4	I hope that will help not only the businesses be successful, but will reduce risk.
0:18.3	So our military doesn't have to go do hard stuff in really difficult places.
0:22.9	Welcome to the Money Maze podcast. I'm Simon Brewer and Will Campion and I have created this show to explore and unravel some of the mysteries surrounding the investment business.
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0:43.4	you to tell a friend or colleague about it. Thank you for listening. This month, Money Maze
0:49.6	podcast host, Simon Brewer, has handed over the reins to me. I'm Jen ProSec founder and managing
0:55.4	partner PROSC partners. After being featured on the show, I'm delighted to be the guest host of this
1:01.3	series, recorded from our Madison Avenue office in New York. We are now joined by the 70th Secretary
1:09.6	of State Mike Pompeo, who served as Secretary of State under President Trump and also served as President Trump's CIA director.
1:19.1	Before that, he was elected to four terms in Congress representing Kansas.
1:24.3	He is an entrepreneur.
1:26.1	He is a bell-selling author. And we're going to learn a lot
1:29.6	today about Mike Pompeo and his views. So welcome Mike. It's great to be with you, Jennifer.
1:34.2	Thanks for having me on. It's great that I can be here in my shirt sleeves and we can get after
1:37.7	and get to work. Yes, we're thrilled to have you. You look relaxed, which is great. So you are
1:42.7	the only person, if I am right, to have served as CIA director and Secretary of State, which is quite an undertaking, especially in a pretty tumultuous four years. Tell us what led up to that and what do you think about you made you able to get both of those positions and keep both of those positions.
2:03.1	That's a good question. My critics would say there's no explanation. It had to be a mistake.
2:07.8	The truth is, if you look at the things that I've done in my life, in some ways they built to the
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