If a hostile foreign state decides to try to kill you because you worked for the U.S. government, the government should protect you.

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.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has revoked government security protection for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his top aide, Brian Hook, who have faced threats from Iran since they took hard-line stances on the Islamic Republic during Trump’s first administration.

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?” Trump said.

Bolton departed the first Trump admin in 2019 and has continued to require Secret Service protection due to threats from Iran.

John Bolton has said he is at risk of attack by Iran after Donald Trump removed his Secret Service protection within hours of taking office.

Bolton, who frequently stakes out hawkish views about Iran, has had a 24/7 security detail from the Secret Service since December 2021. The Justice Department has said that during that time a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard attempted to hire a hitman in the United States to take him out.

US President Donald Trump has revoked Secret Service detail of former National Security Advisor (NSA) John Bolton who faced threats to life from Iran

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In revoking John Bolton's Secret Service detail, President Donald Trump has shown a petty disregard for the First Amendment and Iran's assassination threats.

Former U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton lost his Secret Service protection after President Trump terminated it amid threats against him by Iran. Bolton criticized Trump’s decision, blaming his policy decisions and accusing him of self-interest.