Trump strips Dr. Anthony Fauci of security detail despite ongoing death threats

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Trump infamously suggested at the height of the pandemic that COVID could be cured by injecting people with disinfectants or "a very powerful light... inside the body.
48% : They can hire their own security," Trump told reporters in North Carolina.
41% : Though Trump praised Fauci in the earlier days of COVID for his work to develop and distribute vaccines, the doctor told PBS last June that his relationship with the president became "complicated" as the GOP leader's reelection efforts called into question scientific advice he'd been given while in office.
36% : The men have faced death threats from Iran over their hard-line stances on the Islamic Republic while serving under Trump.
29% : But Trump was still able to cancel Fauci's security detail and defended his decision to do so, saying on Friday he would not feel any responsibility if harm befell him or any other former allies who had their protection stripped.
16% : "Days before losing the 2020 presidential election, Trump called Fauci a "disaster" and lumped him in with "other idiots" he accused of failing to understand the unprecedented outbreak.
14% : Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Advisor John Bolton, both of whom have been critical of their former boss since leaving their posts, were also stripped of their security details after Trump returned to power on Monday.

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