Trump revokes security detail for Fauci | Fox News
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President Donald Trump confirmed on Friday that he has terminated the security detail provided to Dr. Anthony Fauci at the taxpayer's expense.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) requested security for Fauci in 2020 to protect him from threats he received as the top health official and public spokesperson during the COVID-19 pandemic. But that detail was pulled on Thursday night, CNN first reported.
Trump was asked about the decision Friday while visiting Asheville, N.C., to tour areas impacted by Hurricane Helene.
"I think, you know, when you work for government, at some point your security detail comes off and, you know, you can't have them forever," Trump said.
"We took some off other people too, but you can't have a security detail for the rest of your life because you work for government," he added.
Trump earlier revoked the security clearances of 51 intelligence officials who had wrongly claimed that Hunter Biden's laptop had "all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation," as well as the details provided to former national security advisor John Bolton and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Asked if he would feel partially responsible if something were to happen to Fauci or Bolton, Trump said he would not.
"No. You know, they all made a lot of money. They can hire their own security," Trump said, adding that he knows several good security firms and "can give them some good numbers."
"Certainly I would not take responsibility," he said.
Former President Biden offered a preemptive pardon to Fauci on his way out of office to shield him from Trump's retribution. Though Trump had initially followed Fauci's recommendations at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, he began to criticize Fauci as the government's pandemic response and recommendations proved to be unpopular.
Fauci served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 to 2022 and was the chief medical advisor to the president from 2021 to 2022. Trump awarded presidential commendations to Fauci and other members of Operation Warp Speed in 2021 for their work to quickly develop coronavirus vaccines.
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Good, he can pay for his own security.
Why should he have a security detail?
Oh, I see. He feared for his life after lying to everybody about Covid. Now it makes sense. Yeah, revoke it.
And there is the indication Faucci fucked up.
He was making a salary of over 419,000 a year in 2019, that doesn't cover any of the extra money he may have collected from the kickbacks and payoffs from drug companies and foreign governments for lying about using taxpayer money to fund biological warfare research, he can afford to pay for his own security.
Nope, it’s an indication that we have a five year old mental case in the WH threating retribution.
Nope. Not not playing your "what if" games or guesses.
Great, your ‘’indication’’ is guess work as well. One for one.
Lol - as if Trump’s goal was to reduce public spending. It’s clear what Trump wants, and this is his way of telling that to the violent felons he released from prison without having to say it out loud. That is how he has always worked, according to those who have worked for him.
What about....
all the violent criminals that Biden pardoned?
Democrats spent four years implementing and celebrating policies that they knew would lead to thousands of violent assaults and deaths of american citizens and somehow this enrages them? Wish they cared about the Laken Rileys of the world this much.
It's OK because most of them will probably vote D
Are you suggesting that the Bidenistas sought out their own private miltia by intervening the dregs of various prisons and freeing violent criminals into society? Smart move. Sounds like Bloods versus Crips. How entertainingly American.
Apparently some do not recognize that this is not a cost-cutting policy to remove security detail across the board based on certain criteria such as duration, risk, etc. but rather targeted removals … focus on specific individuals all of whom are no longer in Trump’s favor.
This is a vindictive move by a childish, irresponsible asshole who is wholly unfit for office.
I disagree with the “childish” part. No mentally healthy child would ever do something this heinous to another family.
Fuck Fauci and the rest of them.
They are rich enough to pay for their own security details.
Don't remember Democrats/leftists lamenting over Trump's greatly diminished security details during the election. And that was with credible threats from Iran that the FBI and Biden administration were fully aware of.
I remember a few leftists claiming "Trump wouldn't have anything to fear if he stopped pissing people off".
Well, the shoe is on the other foot now. Seems those that worked for the Brandon administration pissed a lot of people off. Maybe they damn well shouldn't have done that.
Is it right to remove the security detail for select individuals? The answer is 'no'. If the reason was because the detail was no longer necessary or too expensive then that should have been handled with a blanket rule that removed the security detail based on specific criteria .... not by targeting individuals who are opponents of Trump.