The Memo: Trump's risky gambit to strip security from Fauci, Bolton and Pompeo

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

34% : They can hire their own security, too."Fauci, at least, was reported by several media outlets to have put private security personnel in place after his government detail was stripped from him by Trump.
21% : President Trump has sparked fresh controversy in his first week back in office with his decision to remove security details from several prominent people with whom he has fallen out.
21% : All four men have fallen out of favor with Trump, with Bolton in particular now a strident critic of the president.
18% : Fauci wrote a 2024 book that was hardly a full-on takedown of Trump but did refer to the contentious relationship between the two, and what the doctor saw as the president's blithe "disregard of facts.
14% : "Pompeo mulled running against Trump in the 2024 GOP primary, though he ultimately decided not to do so.
12% : Speaking to reporters in North Carolina on Friday, Trump said he would not feel a sense of responsibility if any of the people from whom he had pulled security came to harm.Trump also noted, "You can't have a security detail for the rest of your life because you worked for the government."

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