Many in Trump’s inner circle believed that Pompeo, who served as secretary of state and CIA director during Trump’s first term, was the clear front-runner to be the next defense secretary. The day before the election, Trump praised Pompeo during a campaign rally, marveling at his recent weight loss and twice calling him handsome.

Recent reports are claiming that the renowned personality Tucker Carlson actually killed all sorts of chances for Mike Pompeo of being picked as the Defense secretary by US President- elect Donald Trump in his reelected cabinet.

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson reportedly "killed" Mike Pompeo's chances of becoming secretary of defense in Trump's second administration.

Wall Street Journal national politics reporter Vivian Salama joins CNN’s Erin Burnett and shares details of her reporting on Tucker Carlson’s relationship with President-elect Donald Trump.

James Carville might be onto something. Two weeks after the Democratic strategist suggested Tucker Carlson was behind President-elect Donald Trump’s wild-card Cabinet nominees, the Wall Street Journal has reported that Carlson was indeed the one who killed Mike Pompeo’s chances in the new administration.

Tucker Carlson convinced President-elect Donald Trump not to nominate former Secretary of State and CIA Director Mike Pompeo to be the next secretary of defense, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.