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Mike Pompeo roasted after posting a ‘Department Of Swagger’ seal

#Swagger.

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was roasted online after he posted a 'Department of Swagger' seal on Instagram and Twitter.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo launched an Instagram account on Monday and marked the occasion by posting a photo declaring that the State Department has “swagger.”

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In fact, the department, which is tasked with working on international affairs, apparently is now the “Department of Swagger,” according to the (clearly joking) photo posted by Pompeo, which switched out the official seal of the department with the joke seal.

“Thought I’d launch my Instagram account with some @statedept #swagger,” the secretary of state wrote.

The “swagger” seal was also posted on Pompeo’s Twitter account.

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The “swagger” seal seems pretty on brand for Pompeo, who said he wanted the department to “get its swagger back” during his swearing-in ceremony in May.

“I want the State Department to get its swagger back,” he said, according to NPR. “We need our men and women out at the front lines executing American diplomacy with great vigor and energy.”

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Shortly after his swearing in, the Secretary of State repeated his desire for more “swagger” during an interview on Fox News, the New York Times reported.

“And so I’m going to build the team,” he reportedly said. “We’re going to get our swagger back, and the State Department will be out in front in every corner of the world leading America’s diplomatic policy, achieving great outcomes on behalf of President Trump and America.”

In March, Pompeo replaced Rex Tillerson, who President Donald Trump originally tapped as his Secretary of State and who was criticized for dragging the department down.

Of course, the “swagger” seal was mocked online.

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Judging by the response online, the “swagger” seal had the opposite effect.

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