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We can't become the left, following celebrity leaders with their own brand of identity politics, those with fragile egos who refuse to acknowledge reality,
Pompeo said at the time
I think there was enough time. We take a job, you take a job, you want to do a job, we’re not going to have security on people for the rest of their lives. Why should we?”
As for Bolton’s protection, Trump said
I thought he was a very dumb person, but I used him well because every time people saw me come into a meeting with John Bolton standing behind me, they thought that he'd attack them because he was a warmonger,
the president told a reporter who asked about the decision to strip Bolton’s security detailI don’t know what the intelligence looks like,
Urban said Tuesday on CNN
That threat remains today, as also demonstrated by the recent arrest of someone trying to arrange for President Trump’s own assassination,
Bolton wrote Tuesday
Because I think that was enough time."
Trump was asked by reporters on Tuesday, January 21, why he decided to strip Bolton of his security clearance, to which the president reportedly replied
I am disappointed but not surprised that President Trump has decided to terminate the protection previously provided by the United States Secret Service,
Bolton said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital on Tuesday
I informed John Bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the White House,
Trump tweeted in 2019.I don’t think he’s fit for office,
Bolton said in 2020.There's nothing in this that shows me, regardless of presidential authority, that this action is not subject to existing law and policy that mandates procedural and substantive due process,
ZaidThe Justice Department filed criminal charges against an Iranian Revolutionary Guard official in 2022 for attempting to hire a hit man to target me,
Bolton continuedSignatories of the letter falsely suggested that the news story was part of a Russian disinformation campaign,
the executive order reads