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Article snippet: MORE puts a hawkish critic of the Iran nuclear deal on tap to be the top diplomat for the United States. It also puts a former Republican lawmaker with deep ties on Capitol Hill, and one who has developed an increasingly close relationship with the president, in charge of the State Department, which could shift policy to the right while also giving Foggy Bottom more influence in the administration. “We got along actually quite well, but we disagreed on things,” Trump told reporters. “When you look at the Iran deal, I think it’s terrible. I guess he thought it was OK. I wanted to break it or do something, and he felt a little bit differently. So, we were not really thinking the same.” “Mike Pompeo — we have a very similar thought process,” the president said. Pompeo, who represented a Kansas district in the House from 2011 until 15 months ago, has become a close confidant of Trump while serving as CIA director. He travels frequently to the White House to brief Trump on national security. The former congressman carved out a reputation as a fierce critic of the Iran nuclear deal, which he said he looked forward to rolling back following Trump’s election. Pompeo declared in a 2016 op-ed that the deal “virtually guaranteed that Iran will have the freedom to build an arsenal of nuclear weapons.” That would put Pompeo at odds with Tillerson and Defense Secretary MORE, who reportedly pressed Trump to keep the deal in place. But it would align Pompeo with Trump, who sees... Link to the full article to read more