Looks like Dr. Anthony Fauci’s gravy train is finally hitting some bumps under President Trump’s return to the White House. Despite Biden’s preemptive pardon shielding him from legal trouble, Fauci is finding out the hard way that a free pass from Sleepy Joe doesn’t mean much when Trump is back in charge. The former pandemic advisor, who made millions off his tell-all memoir trashing Trump, is now on his own—literally.
In a move that had the media clutching their pearls, President Trump has pulled Fauci’s U.S. Secret Service protection, effectively telling him to take his millions and pay for his own bodyguards. When asked about the decision, Trump, in classic fashion, didn’t sugarcoat it: “When you work for government, at some point your security detail comes off. You can’t have them forever.” And honestly, he’s right. Taxpayers shouldn’t be on the hook for lifetime protection for a guy who’s spent the last few years badmouthing the administration that made him famous.
But it’s not just Fauci feeling the pinch—John Bolton, Trump’s ever-opportunistic former national security advisor, also lost his security detail on the same day. When asked if he felt responsible should anything happen to either of them, Trump’s answer was as straightforward as it gets: “No.” He added, “They all made a lot of money. They can hire their own security, too.” And with Fauci raking in an estimated $5 million from his book deal, it’s hard to argue with that logic.
Let’s not forget why Fauci’s in this mess to begin with. His memoir, He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, painted Trump as an expletive-shouting madman during the height of the pandemic—conveniently ignoring his own flip-flopping on masks, lockdowns, and just about everything else. Fauci claimed Trump once yelled at him for costing the country “one trillion dollars” after the stock market failed to react the way he wanted to vaccine news. Sorry, Tony—America had bigger problems than your hurt feelings.
Pulling the plug on Secret Service protection seems to be part of Trump’s broader effort to clean house, especially with Sean Curran—Trump’s longtime security chief—now running the show at the Secret Service. Looks like the days of career bureaucrats enjoying endless taxpayer-funded perks are coming to an end.
Fauci better invest some of that book money wisely, because the Trump administration isn’t footing his bill anymore. Maybe he can call up Pfizer for a security sponsorship.
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