President Donald Trump has terminated former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci’s security detail.
Trump justified the move on Jan. 24.
“When you work for government, at some point, your security detail comes off and you can’t have them forever,” he told reporters in North Carolina, where he is visiting the damage caused last year by Hurricane Helene. “So I think it’s very standard.
“You can’t have a security detail for the rest of your life because you worked for government.”
Trump has criticized Fauci, who served in his role between 1984 and 2022, over his response to the COVID-19 pandemic....