01/21/2025 - Trump terminates John Bolton’s security detail within hours of taking office
01/21/2025 - Trump terminates John Bolton’s security detail within hours of taking office
Within hours of taking office, President Donald Trump terminated the Secret Service detail that was assigned to his former national security adviser John Bolton, Bolton confirmed to CNN on Tuesday.
This might need some background...
Let's be clear, John Bolton is an asshole:
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/23/john-bolton-united-nations-iran-836454
That being said, he did work for Trump and accumulated some enemies doing so.
Trump initially pulled his secret service protection back in 2019, which President Biden restored:
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-cancelled-john-bolton-security-iran-election-2024-1967277
This seems to be yet another act of petty retribution against someone who spoke poorly of Trump.