WASHINGTON — President Trump yanked his former national security adviser John Bolton’s Secret Service protective detail Tuesday — one day after canceling Bolton’s security clearance citing a 2020 tell-all book.

Upon his return to the White House, Trump yanked away his former national security advisor's security clearances and protections.

The former national security advisor has faced threats from Iran going back years, including an alleged assassination plot.

President Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton said the president ended his Secret Service protection shortly after his return to the White House this week. “I am

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

John Bolton said on Tuesday he was "disappointed but not surprised" that his Secret Service protection has been canceled by President Donald Trump.

President Trump on Tuesday explained why he revoked former national security adviser John Bolton’s security clearance. “I think there was enough time. We take a job, you take a job, you want to do

Mr Bolton served as Mr Trump’s third national security adviser until he was dismissed in 2019. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Bolton, who frequently stakes out hawkish views about Iran, has had a 24/7 security detail from the Secret Service since December 2021. The Justice Department has said that during that time a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard attempted to hire a hitman in the United States to take him out.

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

"I am disappointed but not surprised that President Trump has decided to terminate the protection previously provided by the United States Secret Service," John Bolton said.

President Donald Trump revoked former National Security Advisor John Bolton's Secret ... previously provided by the United States Secret Service," Bolton said in a statement provided to Fox ...