Arturo sent us some Feather M7’s based on the fancy new RT1011 – this chip runs at 500 MHz but is only a couple $ (video). With plenty of QSPI FLASH on board and RAM, it can make for a nice IoT engine. Here I’m using it with our ESP32 AirLift FeatherWing for WiFi connectivity, and a small color TFT. The code is about 80 lines of CircuitPython – available here.
Democratic Strategist James Carville joins MSNBC's panel to discuss the results of South Carolina's primary, saying that the "most important demographic in the Democratic Party," African American voters, spoke loudly and clearly by showing support for Joe
It’s not out yet…so don’t ask! It was so cold out, we stayed in and worked on the Metro M7 featuring the iMX RT1011 (the lil sister chip to the RT1062 that stars in the Teensy 4). This chip is really fast, clocking at 500 MHz, and has 128K of RAM. For FLASH, it uses an external QSPI chip which we’ll share for filesystem use as well. On the left we put an ESP32 footprint, we use the ESP32 as a WiFi co-processor. You can power it over USB C or a 9V DC power jack, we’ll probably change out the 3V LDO regulator for a buck, since the current requirements are going to be high on this board. This is only 2 layers, but we think it might be OK.
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Adafruit NeoPXL8 FeatherWing for Feather M4 – 8 x DMA NeoPixels!
Since we first started carrying NeoPixels back in 2012, the chainable RGB LEDs have taken over the world. And a big part of that success is due to the simplicity of their wiring – just one data wire, no matter how many pixels you’ve got. So no surprise they’re everywhere, blinking away in art exhibits, maker faire demos, DJ booths, decorations, and costumes.
But, at some point, every NeoPixel’er bumps into the constraints of that single-data-wire: the timing is very picky and often time your code has to stop completely so that it can burst out the data without any interruptions. This requirement makes it tough to create fast-update lighting effects, and limits the number of pixels you can drive before other hardware peripherals get attention.
See more!
5-pin (Arduino MKR) to 4-pin JST SH STEMMA QT / Qwiic Cable – 100mm long
Are you a maker in the midst of a STEMMA dilemma? This 100mm long cable is a fantastic chimera-cable fitted with STEMMA QT 4-pin JST SH on one end, and Arduino MKR 5-pin JST SH connectors on the other, with the wires spun around so you can use it to connect STEMMA QT sensors we’ve got to any of the popular Arduino MKR boards!
JST SH (also known as Qwiic) connectors have 1mm pitch. This cable can be used with STEMMA QT boards to easily connect sensors and drivers from one board to the other.
See more!
Garmin LIDAR-Lite Optical Distance LED Sensor – V4
Garmin’s LIDAR-Lite LED V4 is the latest, ideal high-performance (but compact) optical distant measurement sensor solution for robotics, Internet of Things, and unmanned vehicles – or any application where an ultrasonic sensor might otherwise be used. Garmin makes high-quality sensors. They’re renowned for their GPS sensors, and these distance sensors are nice and high-quality devices.
You can measure up to 10 meters away with an LED optics sensor that draws only 85 mA during an acquisition. You can easily adjust between accuracy, operating range and measurement time using the I2C command set.
See more!
Tubing for Submersible Pumps – PVC 8mm ID – 1 Meter Long
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This tubing is designed to go with our simple submersible pumps. Great for making water-powered projects. This tubing seems to be made of PVC, it’s definitely not food safe, we recommend it for use with plant-watering or fountain projects only. It’s super easy to cut and you get a full meter!
Submersible 3V DC Water Pump – Horizontal Type
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Make fountains or plant-watering projects with this submersible water pump. It’s great for beginner projects and super easy to use! The pump is basically a DC motor that is powered with 3V and draws 100mA. When powered, the pump sucks water in from the side of the plastic casing and pushes it out the tubing port. The pump must be primed by keeping it inside water at all times. Reversing the polarity does not turn it into a suction device, it will only pump water!
See more!
Submersible 3V DC Water Pump – Vertical Type
This isn’t for use with drinking water! We don’t have longevity rating for this pump, we’ve run it for a week and it seems OK but we would not recommend it for long term installations. It’s best used by students and artists who want something simple and inexpensive.
You can PWM the motor to speed up or slow down the flow rate. Works great with either a power transistor (basic on/off) or a motor driver chip such as the L293D. If you need a self-priming / food-safe / reversible direction pump, check out our peristaltic pumps!
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It’s not out yet…so don’t ask! It was so cold out, we stayed in and worked on the Metro M7 featuring the iMX RT1011 (the lil sister chip to the RT1062 that stars in the Teensy 4). This chip is really fast, clocking at 500 MHz, and has 128K of RAM. For FLASH, it uses an external QSPI chip which we’ll share for filesystem use as well. On the left we put an ESP32 footprint, we use the ESP32 as a WiFi co-processor. You can power it over USB C or a 9V DC power jack, we’ll probably change out the 3V LDO regulator for a buck, since the current requirements are going to be high on this board. This is only 2 layers, but we think it might be OK.
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Adafruit NeoPXL8 FeatherWing for Feather M4 – 8 x DMA NeoPixels!
Since we first started carrying NeoPixels back in 2012, the chainable RGB LEDs have taken over the world. And a big part of that success is due to the simplicity of their wiring – just one data wire, no matter how many pixels you’ve got. So no surprise they’re everywhere, blinking away in art exhibits, maker faire demos, DJ booths, decorations, and costumes.
But, at some point, every NeoPixel’er bumps into the constraints of that single-data-wire: the timing is very picky and often time your code has to stop completely so that it can burst out the data without any interruptions. This requirement makes it tough to create fast-update lighting effects, and limits the number of pixels you can drive before other hardware peripherals get attention.
See more!
5-pin (Arduino MKR) to 4-pin JST SH STEMMA QT / Qwiic Cable – 100mm long
Are you a maker in the midst of a STEMMA dilemma? This 100mm long cable is a fantastic chimera-cable fitted with STEMMA QT 4-pin JST SH on one end, and Arduino MKR 5-pin JST SH connectors on the other, with the wires spun around so you can use it to connect STEMMA QT sensors we’ve got to any of the popular Arduino MKR boards!
JST SH (also known as Qwiic) connectors have 1mm pitch. This cable can be used with STEMMA QT boards to easily connect sensors and drivers from one board to the other.
See more!
Garmin LIDAR-Lite Optical Distance LED Sensor – V4
Garmin’s LIDAR-Lite LED V4 is the latest, ideal high-performance (but compact) optical distant measurement sensor solution for robotics, Internet of Things, and unmanned vehicles – or any application where an ultrasonic sensor might otherwise be used. Garmin makes high-quality sensors. They’re renowned for their GPS sensors, and these distance sensors are nice and high-quality devices.
You can measure up to 10 meters away with an LED optics sensor that draws only 85 mA during an acquisition. You can easily adjust between accuracy, operating range and measurement time using the I2C command set.
See more!
Tubing for Submersible Pumps – PVC 8mm ID – 1 Meter Long
Coming soon! Sign up to be notified when in stock
This tubing is designed to go with our simple submersible pumps. Great for making water-powered projects. This tubing seems to be made of PVC, it’s definitely not food safe, we recommend it for use with plant-watering or fountain projects only. It’s super easy to cut and you get a full meter!
Submersible 3V DC Water Pump – Horizontal Type
Coming soon! Sign up to be notified when in stock
Make fountains or plant-watering projects with this submersible water pump. It’s great for beginner projects and super easy to use! The pump is basically a DC motor that is powered with 3V and draws 100mA. When powered, the pump sucks water in from the side of the plastic casing and pushes it out the tubing port. The pump must be primed by keeping it inside water at all times. Reversing the polarity does not turn it into a suction device, it will only pump water!
See more!
Submersible 3V DC Water Pump – Vertical Type
This isn’t for use with drinking water! We don’t have longevity rating for this pump, we’ve run it for a week and it seems OK but we would not recommend it for long term installations. It’s best used by students and artists who want something simple and inexpensive.
You can PWM the motor to speed up or slow down the flow rate. Works great with either a power transistor (basic on/off) or a motor driver chip such as the L293D. If you need a self-priming / food-safe / reversible direction pump, check out our peristaltic pumps!
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NBC News' Mike Memoli reports from Biden HQ in South Carolina, breaking down the former vice president's victory and additional poll numbers.
MSNBC's Steve Kornacki breaks down exit poll numbers in South Carolina and what it means for the 2020 race ahead of Super Tuesday.
NBC News has projected that Joe Biden is the winner of the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary. Rachel Maddow remarks on the significance of the call being made as the polls closed. Eugene Robinson points out that this is Biden's first primary
NBC News projects that former Vice President Joe Biden has won the Democratic primary in South Carolina.
Political strategist David Plouffe weighs in on why there are only two clear choices for the Democratic nomination.
MSNBC's Trymaine Lee speaks to student voters during a South Carolina State University basketball game about how they voted in the South Carolina Democratic primary.
Speaking before a celebratory crowd of conservative activists Saturday, President Donald Trump gave thanks to God for being able to accomplish so much in three years despite incoming fire from the left.
Trump referred to both the lengthy Russia investigation and House Democrats’ hasty impeachment move during remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference just weeks after the Senate found him not guilty in a historic impeachment trial.
“Can you imagine with all of that–going through all of that with a cloud over your head like nobody has ever had–for us to have seriously done more than any other administration?” Trump said to the cheering crowd.
Trump, in a freewheeling speech delivered without a script in just under an hour and a half, pondered other options before settling on divine help.
“It’s sort of a miracle when you think about it,” Trump said. “It’s sort of a miracle, or a toughness or something.”
Then, pointing up, Trump said: “Maybe it’s right there. Thank you. Thank you, God. How did we do that? How did we do it?”
In mentioning the impeachment trial, the president referred to Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, the lone Senate Republican who voted to convict him for abuse of power.
“You know the Republicans stuck together, except Romney, of course,” Trump said, provoking boos from the crowd at the mention of Romney’s name. “Low-life, low-life. Except Romney, they stuck together.”
Earlier Saturday, the United States and the Taliban signed a peace agreement for Afghanistan that could mean U.S. troops finally depart that country after 19 years.
The historic deal, Trump said, may end “the longest war in U.S. history, not even close.”
“I’ll say this for the Taliban, they’re great fighters,” he said. “You can ask the Soviet Union. But they’re tired also.”
The U.S. and allies invaded Afghanistan in October 2001 because the Taliban was providing shelter and resources there for the al-Qaeda terrorist group that planned the 9/11 attacks on America that killed nearly 3,000.
The United States can’t get caught up in building democracies, Trump said.
“American forces cannot be the policemen for the world,” he said. “We’re all over the world and a lot of times, we’re not appreciated. It’s taken for granted.”
“After years of rebuilding foreign nations,” he added to huge applause, “we are finally rebuilding our nation and taking care of our own American citizens.”
Trump, echoing his State of the Union address Feb. 4, cited record low unemployment amid what he called the “great American comeback.”
Trump said 10 million people are off welfare roles and 7 million are off food stamps.
The president then made a reference to his predecessor, Barack Obama, whose 2008 campaign slogan was “hope and change.”
“We are actually achieving the progress, ‘hope and change,’ that liberals have been falsely promising for decades, but utterly failed to deliver or produce–and it’s really driving them crazy,” Trump said.
Trump acknowledged he wasn’t a typical politician or nice guy.
“You’ve had a lot of really nice people running the country,” he said. “Maybe I’m not nice, but I’m doing a great job for you.”
Trump took only a few jabs at the media and “fake news.”
“It would be so much easier for our country if we had a press that told the truth,” he said.
After holding a White House press conference earlier in the day on the spread of the coronavirus, Trump brought up his administration’s response at CPAC, saying:
Border security is also health security. In our efforts to keep America safe, my administration has taken the most aggressive action in modern history to control our borders and protect Americans from the coronavirus.
CPAC, the largest annual national gathering of conservative activists, runs Thursday through Saturday at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, just outside Washington.
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[Tony] posted an interesting video where he looks at the Atari 2600 and the way many companies tried to convert it into a real home computer. This reminded us of the ColecoVision, which started out as a video game but could expand to a pretty reasonable computer.
It might seem silly to convert a relatively anemic Atari video game into a computer, but keep in mind that computers were pretty expensive in those days. Not to mention, the Atari itself was a fair investment back then, too.
There were four options [Tony] found, although none of them seemed to be very popular. One looked like a cassette player that plugged into your cartridge port and a keyboard port for a cheap-looking keyboard. [Tony] thinks it, along with the “piggy back,” never actually made it to market.
Atari also got into the act with the Graduate. For $79 you got 8K of RAM and a membrane keyboard. There was a big public relations push including a very period TV commercial you can see in the video.
Apparently a dispute between Atari and the actual designers of the Graduate, caused Atari to kill the project with no sales. So far, of the three [Tony] covered, none of them were sold to the public.
The fourth one, CompuMate, was sold for $79. You would get some extra memory and an odd-looking membrane keyboard along with a cassette port. If you want to see the guts, fast forward to 13:30. Like many period computers, it will start up at a BASIC prompt. Unlike many other computers, it would also play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
The screen resolution was very poor. Apparently, the flavor of BASIC used by the CompuMate isn’t very well documented. A 100 line program fills up the memory which is funny when you think of how much memory your PC or even your phone has today.
It is hard to realize that the days when this kind of add on might make sense was not that long ago. You can wonder what the computers of 2080 will look like.
If you want to write native, there are ways to do that with a bit of work. There are plenty of ways to get the equivalent of a 2600 — and more — in a much smaller package now.
A voter at a Bernie Sanders rally recounts how he persuaded his parents to shift from Biden to Sanders in the S. Carolina primary, and how issues of "education and health care together” were crucial, in this segment on The Beat with Ari Melber.
Mike Bloomberg is spending more than all his Democratic rivals combined, and in some Democratic primary states, the money may be backfiring for some voters. Columbia, S.C. rapper Mook argues against the influx of big money in the campaign, in this MSNBC
MSNBC’s Ari Melber talks to South Carolina voters on the eve of the pivotal primary. The voters in Columbia, South Carolina share their policy views and candidate preferences but a call for a democratic “gathering” to beat Trump erupted in applause.
When you think of the word “innovation,” what comes to mind?
Maybe it’s something new and inventive—or something cutting edge, original, and creative.
Or, if you’re in Washington, “innovation” is trotting out the same, stale approaches to policy that have done less to empower innovators and families and more to empower special interests.
The latest case in point is a 555-page energy bill introduced in the Senate. The majority of provisions in the so-called American Energy Innovation Act are not something that would spur American energy innovation, nor is it innovative thinking when it comes to promoting sound public policy.
In fact, large chunks of the bill are amending or expanding existing programs.
In many ways, the legislation regurgitates the Energy Policy Act of 2005. It includes regulatory energy-efficiency mandates, subsidies for specific energy technologies (fossil, renewable, and nuclear), increased government intervention in energy markets masked as federal research and development, expanded loan guarantees, public-private partnerships where taxpayer resources don’t belong, and taxpayer-funded job-training programs.
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 extended economic privilege to favored energy technologies, erected barriers to entry for those that didn’t receive them, and wasted taxpayer resources in the process.
These interventionist policies put Congress and Department of Energy bureaucrats—rather than investors and customers—in the position of narrowing the field of competition between the many energy technologies being perfected in the U.S. right now to win customers. That cannot help but narrow the scope of innovation.
Some of the more egregious provisions in the American Energy Innovation Act include:
—Preferential treatment for various energy sources. In one form or another, the bill provides programs to boost wind, solar, geothermal, hydropower, carbon capture, nuclear, and energy-storage technologies. Carve-outs might buy support from specific industries, but they don’t benefit energy consumers or taxpayers. While subsidies might spur some amount of commercial activity, it’s limited only to what is subsidized.
The market for energy, whether it’s to light and heat our homes or to get to work every day, is a massive one. In the U.S. alone, consumers spent over $1 trillion on energy, and global investment reached $1.8 trillion.
Any of these technologies that can capture a sliver of that market won’t need the taxpayers’ help. Rather than propping up a few projects, if Congress wants American energy companies to innovate more, it should break down government-imposed barriers that prevent them from doing so.
—Subsidized and mandated energy efficiency. The bill includes a number of provisions to expand the government’s role in promoting energy efficiency, such as expanding eligibility for existing programs, adding new programs, and increasing government spending through grants and rebate programs.
Energy-efficiency spending programs and related legislation have enjoyed bipartisan support because politicians view such spending as a “win-win” proposition that will save consumers money and reduce emissions.
But families and businesses don’t need government mandates, rebate programs, or spending initiatives to be more efficient. They have that choice and can make those investments on their own.
When they don’t, it’s not because they’re acting irrationally, but because they have other preferences or budget constraints to consider. The market and price signals sort those preferences out. Government meddling merely distorts these decisions.
—Government involvement in activities best left for the private sector. Beyond the subsidies for specific energy technologies, the legislation would further embed industry with government through workforce-training programs and public-private partnerships. For instance, the bill would support jobs training, scholarships, and apprenticeship programs for nuclear power, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and grid modernization.
Additionally, government programs aim to improve the efficiency and sustainability of industrial and manufacturing processes and other processes that “can increase the efficiency of, and reduce petroleum use in, passenger and commercial vehicles.”
At face value, these initiatives may sound benign, but why do we need to spend taxpayer resources on them?
Automakers, for instance, understand that consumers value fuel efficiency and find ways to reduce petroleum use in vehicles without any mandate or government program in place.
Moreover, as industries expand, those companies find ways to train workers appropriately to meet demand. Conversely, government-led workforce-training programs have a miserable track record.
For example, with the workforce training programs in the 2009 American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (the Obama administration’s nearly $1 trillion “economic stimulus” bill), job placement was sparse, and much of the training was delivered to already employed workers who did not need the training to perform their jobs, according to a Department of Energy auditing report.
Congress needs to put forth an energy bill, but one that does exactly the opposite of the American Energy Innovation Act.
Congress should undo the policies that have entangled the federal government in the business of energy and the decisions of families to make choices for themselves about what services and technologies best meet their needs.
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Defending the southern border is a key part of protecting the United States from the coronavirus, a top U.S. immigration official said Friday.
A border crisis could exacerbate a pandemic, said Ken Cuccinelli, acting deputy of homeland security secretary and a member of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force. But the disease doesn’t currently pose a major threat in the U.S., he added.
“When you are talking about a pandemic, and you have a border crisis … we do not have facilities that can quarantine tens, scores, hundreds or thousands of people,” Cuccinelli said at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference.
“I’m not prepared to put my folks at risk, any more than any of you are,” he said of Department of Homeland Security personnel. “So, to prioritize their safety and health when we don’t have tools to necessarily deal with this, it limits our options rather dramatically.”
Joining Cuccinelli on the CPAC stage was Rich Valdes, host of the “This Is America” podcast and an associate producer of Mark Levin’s nationally syndicated talk-radio show.
The Brooklyn-born Valdes noted that he is Hispanic but stressed the need to look out for the interests of the U.S.
“We have to defend America,” Valdes said. “With the coronavirus, it is so important that we have a firm grip on our borders.”
Cuccinelli, former attorney general of Virginia, said Trump has pushed the task force on the virus to act decisively.
“The president has been very aggressive about this. Only this week, he formally spoke about it, but has been whipping us with wet noodles for weeks now,” Cuccinelli quipped.
“Make no mistake about it, whether it’s border security or the coronavirus, President Trump has made your safety and the safety of America his No. 1 priority,” he said.
Vice President Mike Pence, who spoke Thursday at CPAC, is Trump’s point man on the coronavirus. The president is scheduled to appear Saturday at the conference.
Cuccinelli said the threat of the virus is low now in the U.S., but that could change.
“We have concerns [that] as it spreads outside of China, it becomes much harder to control in the United States. … We do need to err, as the president said, as a society on the possibility this could get worse,” he said. “He has had us preparing for that. … It is a daunting undertaking across the entire government.”
CPAC, the largest annual national gathering of conservative activists, runs through Saturday at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, just outside Washington.
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President Donald Trump has “grown and grown” in popularity over the course of three years in office because he has taken on Washington, son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner told conservative activists Friday.
“He didn’t adapt to Washington. Washington adapted to him,” Kushner told the annual Conservative Political Action Conference just outside Washington, prompting a huge round of applause.
The president, his son-in-law added, is a “pragmatist.”
Kushner said Trump did not come to Washington to score political points. Instead, he said, “This is an action president.”
“When he was elected, his favorability rating was 37% on Election Day, according to Real Clear Politics. Now it’s up to 46%,” Kushner said. “When people see Washington fighting against him, most people don’t like Washington so they like the fact that he’s fighting Washington.”
Kushner shares the title of senior adviser with his wife, first daughter Ivanka Trump.
The president has followed a clear model, he said.
“Tell people what you’re going to do, do it, and tell them you did it,” Kushner said.
The president’s senior adviser noted that the economy is expanding and the job market is growing because of Trump’s commitment to lower taxes and deregulation.
“The president’s ideology, as I see it, is a pragmatist,” Kushner said. “What I find every day is, people talk about things as one way or the other. We have people who are ideologues. The president is more of a pragmatist. He’s looking to bring the better idea.”
CPAC, the largest annual national gathering of conservative activists, runs Thursday through Saturday at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, just outside Washington.
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The stock market is taking a hit amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, but the disease doesn’t pose a real danger to the economy, chief White House economist Larry Kudlow said Friday in an appearance before an annual gathering of conservative activists.
“A virus is not going to sink the economy,” Kudlow, director of the National Economic Council, said at the Conservative Political Action Conference, known as CPAC. “What … could sink the American economy is the socialism coming from our friends on the other side. That’s the greatest fear that I have.”
Kudlow, one of President Donald Trump’s top economic advisers, was joined on the CPAC stage by Ivanka Trump, senior adviser to the president as well as his elder daughter.
This could be a great time to buy stocks low, Kudlow said of Wall Street’s jitters about the coronavirus.
“Business investment is up. Personal income and consumer spending is up. All the Federal Reserve surveys are not showing a supply chain breakdown,” Kudlow said, adding:
The stock market is very fearful. But for the long-term investor, which you all should be—since I believe and Ivanka believes that the country is in good, safe hands right now–you might think about buying the dip.
Kudlow and the first daughter echoed other administration officials who have promoted the “blue-collar boom” under Trump, but also talked about specific demographics that got a boost.
Referring to “what I affectionately call the snowflake boom,” Kudlow asserted that young Americans ultimately will reject socialism.
“More millenials are working today, participating in the labor force, than ever before,” Kudlow said. “They may tell you they like socialism, but they don’t. They are not going to vote for it in private.”
Ivanka Trump jumped even deeper into stats.
“We want growth in this country to be inclusive. We have an incredibly low unemployment rate across every single demographic,” she said. “The unemployment rate today for disabled Americans is the lowest in history. … We have reached into the sidelines of the economy to pull people into the workforce.”
The president’s daughter also said that women gained 70% of the new jobs created.
“For the first time in history, there are more women working today in the labor force than there are men. We make up the majority of the workforce,” she said. “Women are winning, but everyone is winning.”
CPAC, the largest annual national gathering of conservative activists, runs Thursday through Saturday at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, just outside Washington.
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo touted the Trump administration’s strong defense of religious liberty around the world Friday, while saying the president defies critics with achievements over “foreign policy built on fantasy.”
Pompeo, speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, said religious freedom is among American values promoted abroad by President Donald Trump.
“Some people look at the killing of Christians in the Middle East and the persecution of Muslims in China and say that’s not our problem,” Pompeo said, adding:
What I say and what President Trump says is ‘Oh, yes it is, because God has blessed this country as a standard bearer of religious freedom.’ It’s important everywhere. When we spread freedoms, we are more prosperous, more secure, more stable. If we don’t defend religious freedom, no one else will. That’s why President Trump has made this essential to what it is we are trying to achieve.
Pompeo said the president has pursued a foreign policy that isn’t about ribbon cuttings and signing ceremonies:
You have to be clear about what you can do and you can’t do. No foreign policy built on fantasy ever works. The previous administration signed dangerous agreements that made Americans less safe, like the Iran nuclear deal, the Paris climate accord, and bad trade deals. …
If there is no compliance or the agreements are flawed, you need to get out. They are just ink and paper. So we did. President Trump is a smart businessman and changed course.
Pompeo said critics have said for years that the Trump administration could never achieve exactly what it has done on the international stage, from crushing the Islamic State terrorist army to negotiating a better trade agreement with Canada and Mexico.
“They said you can never successfully confront China on trade. Now we have a phase one trade deal. They said you can never get Mexico to control its border. Now there are thousands of Mexican troops at the border,” he said, adding:
They said you could never defeat ISIS. Now the caliphate is gone. They said we would never free Pastor [Andrew] Brunson imprisoned in Turkey. They said Mexico and Canada will never renegotiate their [trade] deal. They said the North Koreans would never engage in conversations about their nuclear weapons. They said they wouldn’t release their hostages and that we wouldn’t get the remains [of U.S.] soldiers.
We’ve done that. They said [exiting] the Iran nuclear deal would lead to runaway proliferation, but it has restored deterrence. They said taking out Qassim Suleimani would start World War III. It has actually made our world far safer. They said moving our embassy to Jerusalem would sit the Middle East alight. That didn’t happen, and our plan represents the best plan for peace in decades.
CPAC, the largest annual national gathering of conservative activists, runs Thursday through Saturday at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, just outside Washington.
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