Like many sons, I’ve always looked up to my dad.
Then my father lost his mind and decided to run for Congress in 2010. We were a normal family leading a simple midwestern life. My dad worked tirelessly, running a couple of small manufacturing companies, but still managed to be at all my basketball games and school functions. After retiring from a long career at a regional bank, my mother was always busy-she volunteered at our church, bused me to practices, helped with my homework, and took care of everything in between. I was raised in Kansas by two wonderful parents. Best of all, it’s told from the perspective of Mike Pompeo, who served as America’s CIA director and secretary of state. You’ll hear about the geopolitical challenges it faced, how the team translated “America First” into policy, and, of course, a few good stories. This book narrates and provides the backstory for the four years of the Trump administration’s work on behalf of everyday Americans. This unusual combo set out to lead America’s national security team. Donald Trump was a real estate guy from New York Mike Pompeo was a guy who had run machine shops in Kansas. He was an unlikely president, whose ways were as unique as the team that he assembled. Our forty-fifth president, as with each of his predecessors, faced countless challenges. Throughout our history, everyday people-farmers and printers, traders and carpenters, even machine shop operators-have stepped forward to defend the things that matter. And its people have delivered for one another. Ever since, the American Republic has delivered for its people. At the time, its success seemed implausible, but we prevailed. The Great American Experiment began in 1776. EISENHOWER, FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS, JANUARY 20, 1953Ĭhapter 5: Draw Lines, and Defend Them RelentlesslyĬhapter 11: Leaders Always Take Incoming-Deal with It We must be willing, individually and as a Nation, to accept whatever sacrifices may be required of us. We must acquire proficiency in defense and display stamina in purpose. For history does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. We must be ready to dare all for our country. Lord, our family, and America-never gives an inch.
To my wife, Susan, who-when fighting for those she loves, her
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