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From left to right, Dr. Anthony Fauci, John Bolton, Mike Pompeo. |
At the same time that he has made heroes of potential killers, he has removed the security protection for those who are likely targets of such "patriots." Trump has removed the security detail of Dr. Anthony Fauci and John Bolton and Mike Pompeo.
Dr. Fauci was the head of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and was the public face of the effort to combat Covid. Fauci earned the ire of many by his promotion of the Covid vaccine, lockdowns, mask mandates and social distancing. Some of these policies were later judged to be ineffective such as masking small children. Many on the Trumpian conspiratorial right viewed Covid as a minor type of flu used by the deep state, or the New World Order as an excuse to control behavior, and condition people to be obedient.
Mike Pompeo is the former Secretary of State under Trump and also served as Director of the CIA. After leaving office he received ongoing security protection due to threats from Iran. As Secretary of State, he had taken a hardline stance against Iran and was deeply involved in shaping the Trump administration’s policy toward that country and played a role in Trump’s decision to assassinate Qasem Soleimani, a top Iranian commander and a really bad guy.
After leaving office Pompeo drew the ire of Trumpinistas due to criticisms of Trump. On the Trump
classified document case, Pompeo said, “Trump had classified docs when he shouldn’t have had them, and when given the opportunity to return them, he chose not to do that.” This of course angered the diehard Trump supporters. They are also angry at Pompeo because they feel he did not do enough to counter the Russiagate charges leveled against Trump.
John Bolton was Trump's National Security Advisor who left the Trump White House in November 2019. He has also received ongoing US Secret Service protection because of threats against him from Iran. Trump initially terminated Bolton's protection after he left his administration in the first term, but President Joe Biden restored it once he took office.
Bolton was architect of Trump's maximum pressure campaign against Iran and was also instrumental in the decision to assassinate Qasem Soleimani. Iranian Revolutionary Guard officials plotted to hire a hit man to kill Bolton but the plot was discovered and thwarted. There is no reason to think the Iranians have given up on their desire to take revenge on Bolton.
In 2020 Bolton published a book in which he claimed President Trump was terribly uninformed on matters of foreign policy, obsessed with how the media portrayed him, and had a transaction view of foreign policy. Bolton also said Trump sought leaders of Ukraine and China to help him win the 2020 election. Bolton shared his experiences working with Trump and painted a picture of man who was uninformed, who was irrational and not guided by any set of principles. Bolton said Trump was unfit for office.
Trump has let his displeasure with Bolton, Pompeo, and Fausi be known. I fear that that by withdrawing security details for these men, Trump is sending a message greenlighting action against them. He has essentially placed a target on their back. If I am wrong and that is not the intended message, I think that is the message some of Trump's more ardent supporters will receive. Trump doesn't care.
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