Trump defends firing govt officer Pompeo used for personal tasks; dubs them 'Obama people'

After row over firing an inspector general who was investigating US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo allegedly making a taxpayer-funded staffer run personal errands, US President Donald Trump during a White House roundtable event on Monday said that 'all inspector generals should be fired' as y may be working for Democrats and could be 'Obama's people'.

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Responding to an allegation of a government employee working as a housemaid for US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo, United States President Donald Trump on Monday said that he would rar have government employees to wash dishes for Mike Pompeo and have him on phone with or world leers than doing dishes himself because his wife or son isn't re.

"Look, he's a high-quality person, Mike. He's a very high quality, he's a very brilliant guy," Trump told reporters at White House.

"And w I have you telling me about dog walking, washing dishes and, you kw what, I'd rar have him on phone with some world leer than have him wash dishes because maybe his wife isn't re or his kids aren't re," Trump said.

"Here's a man that is supposed to be negotiating war and peace with major, major countries with weaponry like world has never seen before," And Democrats and fake news media, y are interested in a man who is walking ir dog, he said.

"Maybe he's busy. Maybe he's negotiating with Kim Jong un, about nuclear weapons," he ded.

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Trump fired State Department's inspector general, Steve Linick, on Friday and replaced him with an ally of Vice President Mike Pence. 

Trump also revealed that he is consuming Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) as a remedy against COVID-19, despite being vised by Food and Drug ministration against using HCQ as experts opined drug has reported higher death rate or required ventilator support in COVID-19 patients.