A map shows nuclear sites in Iran that were struck by the United States during Operation Midnight Hammer. (Fox News)
Pompeo cautioned that "there are some risks in the near term, for sure. Iranians could decide to do something clandestine, or a terror cell here or something. But make no mistake about it, what President Trump did and what the Israelis did before him, made not only the region, the Gulf and Israel, safer, they made the United States and the West safer."
Praising the Trump administration's handling of the strike on Iran, Pompeo noted, "I think they've got it nearly pitch perfect. They got the messaging right. They ran an incredibly good military operation as well."
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And he said the U.S. is now closer to ridding "ourselves of this risk that you'll have an ayatollah, a theocracy, a thug that will have the capacity to build a nuclear weapons program."
Pompeo was interviewed before delivering a speech titled, "Rebuilding American Deterrence" to the World Affairs Council of New Hampshire.
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo being interviewed by Fox News Digital, on June 25, 2025, at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics in Manchester, N.H. (Paul Steinhauser - Fox News )
Pompeo said that "I really came here because I do want to be part of the policy debate. What happens three and a half years from now is an awfully long ways off."
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But at this extremely early point in the 2028 election cycle, he didn't rule out a possible White House run, saying "we'll see what the good Lord brings in a couple of years."
Asked if he wasn't ruling out anything down the road when it comes to service to the nation, Pompeo told Fox News, "No, if I get a call and an opportunity for a place that I think I can make a difference, I'll do it every time."
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast."
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