President Donald Trump has ended the federal security detail for Dr. Anthony Fauci, the infectious disease expert who advised him on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Summary

Trump ended federal security protection for Dr. Anthony Fauci, who faced threats after criticizing Trump’s COVID-19 response.

Speaking to reporters in North Carolina on Friday, Trump said he wouldn’t feel any responsibility if harm befell the former government officials

The move follows similar revocations for former officials like Mike Pompeo, Brian Hook, and Bolton, who faced threats from Iran.

Fauci’s protection had been repeatedly renewed under Biden due to ongoing domestic threats.

Critics see this as another instance of Trump targeting former aides-turned-critics.

    • ChowJeeBai@lemmy.world
      5·
      1 day ago

      Short term thinkers don’t think like that. Power and money and all that, and then they figure they can beat the orange moron.

    • ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      34·
      3 days ago

      The thing about narcissists - especially ones who want political power - is that every single one believes they are special, different, and in control.

      You could put them all in an auditorium and tell them, “Look to your left, look to your right, look in front of you, look behind you. All but one of you will be betrayed and thrown in jail by Trump,” and every single one would uncritically think they are the 1 in 5 that will not. They all think they can manipulate Trump and each other better than the others.

      • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        2 days ago

        ou could put them all in an auditorium and tell them, “Look to your left, look to your right, look in front of you, look behind you. All but one of you will be betrayed and thrown in jail by Trump,”

        Fixed that for you. They all think that they are the exception to the rule. They think they’ll be able to jump in, make all the money, and bail out before the shit hits the fan and blows right in their face. They have the one “it” factor that everybody else has been missing.