Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warns that this is a ‘risky time’ to be an American during an appearance on ‘Fox & Friends Weekend.’

The Republican National Convention this week will make clear to all Americans what is at stake in our upcoming presidential election. Following the wicked assassination attempt in Pennsylvania only a few days ago, President Trump will have an opportunity to show true leadership and present the American people with a choice between two wholly different views on how America ought to win for its people in an increasingly dangerous world.

This choice will have enormous consequences for American peace, security and prosperity for decades to come. Having previously served as President Trump’s director of the Central Intelligence Agency and secretary of state, and having endorsed him for president, it matters deeply to me that Americans understand how these different strategies and the difference in basic competence will affect their lives, their own personal safety, and the security of our nation.

Let’s start closest to home: the dangerous, porous southern border of our country. Dozens if not hundreds of illegal foreign nationals with potential connections to terror have been allowed inside the gates of our nation under President Biden.

The choice we make will have enormous consequences for American peace, security and prosperity for decades to come. (Getty Images)

Under President Trump, we had stemmed the tide. Add to that the preventable death of thousands of Americans from Chinese fentanyl flowing in from Mexico, which kills at a rate unprecedented in our nation’s history.

WE NEED TO STOP FENTANYL FROM CHINA... AND THIS SHOCKING MOVE IS HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

When Biden’s team admits that the terror lights are blinking red, you know that the difference between four more years of Team Biden and a Team Trump matters to the security of you and your family. President Trump should make this case clear at the convention this week.

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