Dr. Anthony Fauci won’t be skating through with free federal security anymore, after President Donald Trump terminated the security detail being provided by the National Institutes of Health.
While speaking to reporters on Friday, Trump declared that Fauci “make a lot of money” so he can “hire [his] own security too.” He added that “you can’t have a security detail for the rest of your life because you worked for government.”
JUST IN: President Trump has terminated Dr. Fauci's security deal, says he has made a lot of money so he can pay for it himself.
Amazing.
Trump said he would give Bolton and Fauci some "good numbers" of people they could call so they can hire them on their own.
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MIC DROP. That’s certainly one way to cut back on unnecessary funds.
Reuters reports:
Trump said that when you work for government, “at some point your security detail comes off, and you know, you can’t have them forever.”
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Trump, who took office on Monday, has terminated security for a number of other officials from his first term in office, including some who have faced specific security threats.
Asked if he would take responsibility if something happened to Fauci or to Bolton, Trump said: “No. You know they all made a lot of money, they can hire their own security too.”
“Fauci made a lot of money. They all did … Certainly I would not take responsibility,” Trump said.
MIC DROP. That’s certainly one way to cut back on unnecessary funds.