New Delhi, June 1 -- Former Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday (local time) said that US President Donald Trump's second administration has "departed" from traditional conservative principles.

Pence, who served as Trump's vice president during his first term, told NBC News that the administration is no longer committed to "the conservative agenda that has defined the Republican Party since the days of Ronald Reagan, and before that, an agenda of American leadership, limited government, free market economics, the right to life."

Pence also noted that "on a number of those issues, the president's been good" in the past.

The former vice president stated that there's no question about Trump's popularity and added, "I give him all the cred...