In 2018, John Bolton criticized President Trump for revoking his Secret Service protection, a move he felt was politically motivated. Bolton, who had left the Trump administration in 2019,
acknowledged that President Biden had reinstated his protection in 2021 due to threats from Iran. Trump defended his decision, stating security shouldn’t be permanent.Bolton, previously U.S. Ambassador to the UN and National Security Advisor, later became a target of an Iranian assassination plot in 2022 in retaliation for the killing of Qassem Soleimani.
