Wall Street Journal editorial board slammed Trump's decision to revoke Secret Service protection for several former aides as a “vindictive whim” and a “new low.”

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

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

Trump's former national security adviser predicted on Sunday that the president-elect's second term will be "just as chaotic" as the first one.

John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser turned foe, was told that threats of Iranian retaliation against him remained active in the days before Inauguration Day. In a Thursday interview on CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins,

Bolton departed the first Trump admin in 2019 and has continued to require Secret Service protection due to threats from Iran.

President’s outspoken former adviser loses his Secret Service protection within hours of Trump returning to office

The Trump administration removed former national security adviser John Bolton's Secret Service protection. The decision was made in the past 24 hours, sources said.

President Trump has ended Secret Service protection for former national security adviser John Bolton. Sean Hepburn Ferrer, the son of the late Audrey Hepburn, shared his thoughts on Ivanka Trump wearing a dress originally designed for his mom to Donald Trump’s 2025 Inaugural Ball.

Bolton said that threat “remains today,” pointing to an Iranian plot to assassinate Trump before the 2024 election.

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.