In this first two weeks of the Trump new tenure, there’s just been a flurry of news and disinformation. We’ve heard about all of these pardons, all of these yanking of security clearances, and now most recently, the end of security details for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former National Security Advisor John Bolton, and former Director of the [National] Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci.
And let’s cut through all of the hysteria and look at a few constant themes in all of these cases. Donald Trump said, when he was pressed about this, aren’t you worried that you may be culpable if any of them are harmed, since, supposedly, right-wingers don’t like Fauci and the Iranians are mad at Bolton and Pompeo?
And he said, “Do we give security details forever?”
And then he pointed out in the case of John Bolton and Anthony Fauci…
