- cross-posted to:
- keeptrack
- cross-posted to:
- keeptrack
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24555242
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.
Question, why do former secretaries get secret service protection? Seems like a waste of money
In theory, one would want anyone who knows certain classified info to be protected so as to not allow those secrets to be obtained by the country’s enemies
Bolton had credible threats from Iran.
Sometimes it’s necessary when they are mega assholes
Because they get a lot of hate directed at them during the course of acting under the president (historically for US interests).
Why does former anything get it?
Because they still have valuable information.
Also, if former employees weren’t provided with protection than it would be tough to fond new folks to do those jobs.