Top Trump Aide O’Brien Shadowed in Asia by U.S. Election Tumult
- Trump told Pence, O’Brien, Pompeo he’d run again in 2024
- O’Brien toured Asia, while Pompeo went to Middle East, Europe
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A few days before National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien left for a high-profile tour of southeast Asia, President Donald Trump delivered some news to him, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Vice President Mike Pence in the Oval Office.
Trump planned to run for president again in 2024, he told the men, if he couldn’t overturn his Nov. 3 defeat by Joe Biden.