Trump posted today (November 10): "I will not invite former Ambassador Nikki Haley or former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join the Trump administration that is currently being formed. I enjoyed and appreciated working with them in the past and thank them for their service to the country. Make America great again."

​Foreign media once broke the news that Pompeo would be nominated by Trump as Secretary of Defense. Now Trump has personally refuted the rumor and said that this is not the case. It is reported that the Republican establishment in Washington did recommend Pompeo to Trump for the position of Secretary of Defense, but people in Trump's camp opposed it.

​Pompeo is a sanctioned person, which is not conducive to Sino-US relations. $NEIRO