The White House Just Told Former Secretary Of State Pompeo To ‘Shut His Stupid Mouth.’ Here’s Why.

It’s clear that there’s no love lost between President Donald Trump’s second-term staff and many of those who served during his first term.

But few of those dust-ups have been as consequential as the latest remarks from and about Mike Pompeo, who served as secretary of state between 2018 and 2021.

When Pompeo shared a negative assessment of Trump’s second-term policy in Iran, a top White House spokesperson made disapproval clear.

Here’s what The Hill reported:

“Mike Pompeo has no idea what the f— he’s talking about,” Cheung wrote in his salty response. “He should shut his stupid mouth and leave the real work to the professionals. He’s not read into anything that’s happening, so how would he know.”

Cheung’s post came in response to criticism from Pompeo comparing the emerging deal to one that would have been negotiated by Obama-era officials. The Trump administration withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama team and have frequently criticized that agreement.

“The deal being floated with Iran seems straight out of the Wendy Sherman-Robert Malley-Ben Rhodes playbook: Pay the IRGC to build a WMD program and terrorize the world,” Pompeo wrote.

Many social media users joined Cheung in denouncing Pompeo’s take:

If you look up the word irrelevant in the dictionary, they just show a small uninteresting picture👇 pic.twitter.com/MNG7d9dOtG

— REMBABE (@REMBABE1) May 24, 2026

Mike Pompeo is a known war monger. He's even known to want to unalive Julian Assange, because Assange has always been a peace loving antiwar passiveist

— CharleysBabySister (@CharleysSister) May 24, 2026

Lost his mind along with his weight.

— Amagaican Dad (@KenSmit59) May 24, 2026

As Fox News reported, Pompeo wasn’t the only one getting called out by the White House:

“I am deeply concerned about what we are hearing about an Iran ‘deal,’ being pushed by some voices in the administration,” Cruz wrote Saturday on X. “President Trump’s decision to strike Iran was the most consequential decision of his second term. He was right to do so, and we achieved extraordinary military results — including destroying all of their missiles & drones and sinking their entire navy.

“If the result of all that is to be an Iranian regime—still run by Islamists who chant “death to America” — now receiving billions of dollars, being able to enrich uranium & develop nuclear weapons, and having effective control over the Strait of Hormuz, then that outcome would be a disastrous mistake.

“The details are still coming out — and I pray the early reports are wrong — but the fact that Biden’s Rob Malley is praising the deal is not encouraging.

“President Trump believes in peace through strength, and his strong leadership has already made America much safer. He should continue to hold the line, defend America & enforce the red lines he has repeatedly drawn.”

That drew criticism from one of Trump’s outside political advisors in Bruesewitz.

“Cool, Ted,” Bruesewitz wrote on X, touching off a tit-for-tat exchange with Cruz. “No one asked you, bro.

“Stop trying to undermine the President and his administration.”