Outpourings of a deluded zealot

Mike Pompeo gets most things wrong in his book and only comes across as self-absorbed and delusional

Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love

Author: Mike Pompeo

Publisher: Broadside Books/ HarperCollins, 2023

Pages: 438

Price: Rs 1,199

It is really very difficult to go through this book. Page after page, Donald Trump’s former CIA chief and secretary of state pounds the pulpit and waves the flag to tell us that he is a brave, honest and committed leader whose heart always beats for God and country. Mike Pompeo’s United States is “awesome”, “the greatest nation in the history of civilisation”, “the most brilliant star in the darkest skies of the world”. What makes the US exceptional is its