If a hostile foreign state decides to try to kill you because you worked for the U.S. government, the government should protect you.

President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had granted Bolton and another Trump national security adviser protection in 2021 after threats from Iran.

Within hours of taking office, President Donald Trump terminated the Secret Service detail that was assigned to his former national security adviser John Bolton, Bolton confirmed to CNN on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has revoked government security protection for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his top aide, Brian Hook, who have faced threats from Iran since they took hard-line stances on the Islamic Republic during Trump’s first administration.

I think there was enough time. We take a job, you take a job, you want to do a job, we’re not going to have security on people for the rest of their lives. Why should we?” Trump said.

John Bolton has said he is at risk of attack by Iran after Donald Trump removed his Secret Service protection within hours of taking office.

The American people can judge for themselves which President made the right call," the onetime national security adviser said.

US President Donald Trump has revoked Secret Service detail of former National Security Advisor (NSA) John Bolton who faced threats to life from Iran

President Trump pulled security protection for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his top aide, Brian Hook, both of whom have faced threats from Iran amid their hard-line positions toward

Donald Trump has revoked the security detail for Mike Pompeo, despite the fact that the former secretary of state is reportedly facing threats for actions he took under the president’s direction. Pompeo and former aide Brian Hook both lost their security details Tuesday,

Bolton did, however, publish before getting permission to do so, and anyone who has had a security clearance knows that dodging the review is a violation not just of the letter of one’s clearance conditions but also of the norms and instincts inculcated by the culture of national security.