( The Hill) – President Trump on Friday defended the removal of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s security detail, suggesting former government officials should not get indefinite security, even as Fauci and others whose protections have been cut this week have faced threats.

President Donald Trump pulled Anthony Fauci’s government-funded security — the latest in a line of revocations of protective details from his former allies and longtime rivals. Fauci became something of a celebrity during the pandemic as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases during Trump’s first term,