Mike Pompeo: Biden’s “Obsession” with Climate Change Threatens U.S. Security
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asserted Monday that President Joe Biden’s “obsession with decarbonizing” the United States favors adversaries like the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), making them richer and more powerful while imposing costs on Americans and putting them at risk.
In a Dec. 5 op-ed in the Washington Examiner, Pompeo argued that the Biden Administration’s approach to fighting climate change is misguided and will hurt American families while empowering the country’s adversaries.
He took aim at the so-called Inflation Reduction Act, which Biden recently described as the “biggest and most important climate bill in the history of our country” and which Pompeo said would make life more expensive for American families.
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“The statement was telling: Americans were told its purpose was to reduce inflation, but in reality, it was a Trojan horse of gaslighting,” Pompeo wrote in the op-ed, referring to Biden’s characterization of the Inflation Reduction Act, which the president made at a recent climate summit in Egypt.
Biden’s description of the measure “perfectly encapsulated how climate change and green energy have skewed this administration’s priorities,” Pompeo wrote.
“Trojan horse of gaslighting.”
In selling the Inflation Reduction Act to the American people, the Biden administration said its goal was to reduce inflation, which has approached its highest level in 40 years.
Pompeo argued that “in reality, it was a gaslighting Trojan horse to hide the Biden Administration’s real priority,” which Pompeo said is to fight fossil fuels.
Pompeo also criticized U.S. foreign policy under Biden for being so focused on fighting climate change that it diverts attention from the “real threats” posed by America’s adversaries on the world stage.
“Biden’s obsession with decarbonizing the United States ensures the enrichment and strengthening of the Chinese Communist Party,” he argued.
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“A sizable portion of the bill’s handout will go to solar energy despite the fact that this administration is well aware that Chinese manufacturers dominate 80 [percent] of the solar panel market and that many of them have ties to forced labor in Xinjiang,” he pointed to as an example.
When Pompeo served as secretary of state during the administration of then-President Donald Trump, he issued a determination that the CCP was guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity for its mistreatment of Uighurs in Xinjiang.
Chinese officials have denied such allegations.
Subsequently, Congress passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), which banned the import of products from Xinjiang and other regions linked to forced labor.
Despite Biden’s enactment of the UFLPA, Pompeo claimed that the current administration has “shown mixed feelings” about the measure’s implementation in its attempt to obtain concessions from China on climate change.
“It’s not my purview.”
John Kerry, U.S. special presidential climate envoy, faced accusations of pressuring the UFLPA, which his spokesman denied.
“This is false. Secretary Kerry has a thirty-seven-year record as a senator and secretary of state defending human rights and democracy,” a State Department spokesman told the Washington Free Beacon.
“As Secretary Kerry has said from the beginning, the United States and China have a mutual interest in resolving the climate crisis while there is still time, even as we fundamentally disagree on other critical issues,” the spokesman added.
Kerry also sidestepped a question during last year’s COP26 Climate Change Conference, saying the issue is “not my purview.”
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He was responding to a reporter’s question about whether he had mentioned human rights issues, including forced labor in Xinjiang, in meetings with Chinese officials.
“Well, we are honest. We’re honest about the differences, and we certainly know what they are and we’ve articulated them, but that’s not my purview here,” Kerry said in November 2021. “My job is to be the climate guy, and to remain focused on trying to move the climate agenda forward.”
Pompeo recalled the controversy sparked by Kerry’s remarks and called it “nonsense” for the climate czar to compare the Biden administration’s climate diplomacy with China to former President Ronald Reagan’s arms reduction talks with the Soviet Union.
“Reagan sought to make the world safer, while Biden is enabling genocide in exchange for making energy less affordable and reliable for Americans,” Pompeo said.
“And it’s ironic, given that the Chinese are building coal-fired power plants at a ridiculous rate and only making the problem worse,” he added.
Pompeo argued that by “foolishly” prioritizing climate change in its dealings with the CCP over gross human rights violations, aggressive actions against U.S. allies and CCP espionage activities in the U.S., the Biden Administration has empowered China.
The Epoch Times has contacted the White House for comment.
Pompeo considering 2024 presidential run
Pompeo recently said he is considering a run for the White House in 2024, but has not yet made a decision.
“We’re still working on it,” Pompeo told Fox News late last month, referring to his timetable for 2024. “We think by the first quarter of next year we have to be working hard if we want to do it,” he added.
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Pompeo, who also served as CIA director during the Trump administration, added that the official launch of the 2024 bid by his former boss would not preclude him from running.
“Who decides to enter the race will not impact our decision,” Pompeo said.
At the same time, Pompeo said in an interview with CBS that if Trump wins the GOP presidential nomination in 2024, he will vote for him.
