- Trump's Excuse For Firing Another Government Watchdog Only Makes It Look Worse. The president says it was Mike Pompeo’s idea to oust the State Department’s inspector general, who was reportedly investigating the Secretary using an aide for personal errands—and delivering weapons to Saudi Arabia https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/05/trumps-excuse-for-firing-another-government-watchdog-only-makes-it-look-worse 9 comments politics