Trump has moved quickly to exact ‘retribution.’
“It’s a shot across the bow,” one expert said of the president’s recent actions.
By Alexandra Hutzler and Hannah Demissie
January 29, 2025, 1:56 PM 3:35
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President Donald Trump promised “I am your retribution” to his supporters in his 2024 campaign. His first week in the White House saw him turn that threat real.
Within hours of taking the oath of office, Trump stripped security clearances from 51 former intelligence officials who had signed onto a letter describing the public release of emails from Hunter Biden’s laptop as potentially part of a Russian information operation. He’s removed security details for John Bolton and Mike Pompeo, despite threats against their lives from Iran because of their work in the first Trump administration, as well as for Dr. Anthony Fauci, who faced threats over the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic.
When asked about removing the details, Trump told reporters “you can’t have a security detail for the rest of your life” if you work in government and that he wouldn’t feel responsible should anything happen to those individuals.
Source Links: Trump has moved quickly to exact ‘retribution.’ More revenge could come: ANALYSIS – ABC News
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