Pompeo: Xi Wants World Dominance and Is a Greater Threat Than Putin

Then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) shakes hands with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as they pose for photograph at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 14, 2018. Andy Wong/AFP via Getty Images

Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Chinese leader Xi Jinping intends to reign the world and that he poses a bigger threat than Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“He wants to own you. … He wants hegemonic intent across the world with his Marxist-Leninist vision and Chinese economic and political dominance in every corner of the world,” Pompeo said during an interview with Sky News on Feb 2.