“So Mike Pompeo wins the crown of thorns. Next week, he will fly back to Kansas, where he was once a congressman and where he hopes to run for Senate, having left the diplomatic corps in a hollow rut (which could take a decade to rebuild), the nation less secure, and our network of alliances—which has sustained our security and influence for many decades—frazzled at its core.” Slate: Worst Secretary of State Ever.

+ Don’t take it from those liberal coastal publications. Kansas City Star: “America will be better when he leaves office. Kansas will be much better if he decides to stay away from his adopted home state forever.”