Mike Pompeo: Trump’s former secretary of state joins Fox News

Mike Pompeo, the former secretary of state under Donald Trump, will officially join Fox News.

The country’s former head diplomat is the latest Trump administration appointee to join the network after former press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was named co-host of “Outnumbered”.

He will make his first appearance on Fox & Friends this Friday and contribute analysis across all of Fox News Media’s platforms, the network said in a statement.

The partnership comes in the wake of Fox News losing ground to pro-Trump competitors Newsmax and OANN following the last election, while Mr Pompeo has been touted as a potential Republican candidate in the 2024 race.

Mr Pompeo said in a statement: “As a now-former diplomat and member of Congress, and in this new role at FOX News Media, I intend to give viewers a candid, no-nonsense look at geopolitics, international relations and the America First policies that helped chart the course for unprecedented American prosperity and security.”

He joins other Trump alumni at the network including former economic adviser Larry Kudlow, the ex-president’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, and the one-off contribution by ex-vice president Mike Pence, who did narration duty on a Rush Limbaugh documentary.