【美國真相】美媒：蓬佩奧為2024年競選總統鋪路_風聞

以下圖文是來自美媒AP的報道（9/24）：

特朗普的國務卿蓬佩奧已在美國廣泛旅行，向保守派觀眾講話。除了龐培可能給特朗普的任何支持外，這些旅行還增加了人們的猜測，即他有自己的政治野心，包括可能在2024年競選總統。龐培偏向了對其個人野心的質疑。

龐培的家鄉堪薩斯州是一個經常到訪的目的地，但他還在田納西州，佛羅里達州和肯塔基州的一些集會發表過講話，這些集會不可能被視為外交政策討論的首選地點。

 龐培（Pompeo）週三在威斯康星州首府麥迪遜發表了針對中國的演講後，威斯康星州民主黨參議員克里斯·拉森（Chris Larson）對此表態進行了譴責，稱其為“偽裝成外交政策演講的競選言論”。

但是龐培上個月在共和黨全國代表大會上的出場-引起了民主黨的強烈反對-似乎為特朗普全面大選之年的競選活動奠定了基礎，龐培吹捧總統對以色列的全力支持和促進國際宗教自由以及對中國的強硬立場。

除了週三威斯康星州參議院，龐培還與白人福音派人士進行了交談，這是特朗普在得克薩斯州普萊諾的普雷斯頓伍德浸信會的重要支持者。

他説：“行使正確的權利，並確保您的每個朋友都做同樣的事情，然後主會傳遞它，我們將從這次選舉中走出來，成為一個更強大，更好的國家。” “我對此很有信心。”

As Trump’s secretary of state Pompeo has traveled extensively in the United States to speak to conservative audiences. Beyond any support Pompeo may be giving to Trump, the travels have added to speculation that he has political aspirations of his own, including a possible presidential run in 2024. Pompeo has deflected questions about his personal ambitions.

Pompeo’s home state of Kansas has been a frequent destination, but he has also spoken in Tennessee, Florida and Kentucky at events that might not otherwise be considered prime locations for foreign policy discourse.

After Pompeo’s China-focused speech at the Wisconsin state capitol in Madison on Wednesday, Wisconsin Democratic state Sen. Chris Larson decried the appearance, calling it a “campaign speech disguised as a foreign policy address.”

But Pompeo’s appearance at the Republican National Convention last month — it attracted a substantial backlash from Democrats — appears to have set the stage for an all-out, election-year push for Trump as Pompeo touts the president’s full-throated support for Israel, promotion of international religious freedom and increasingly tough stance on China.

In addition to the Wisconsin state Senate on Wednesday, Pompeo spoke to white evangelicals, a key demographic for Trump at the Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, at services last Sunday.

“Go exercise that right and make sure every one of your friends does the same, and then the Lord will pass upon it and we will come out of this election a stronger, better nation,” he said. “I am confident of that.”