The Trump Administration has determined that a handful of current and former public servants do not need access to sensitive government information. “JOE, YOU’RE FIRED!” the president posted on Truth Social before removing former President Joe Biden’s security clearances.
“If there are people that we don’t respect, if there are people that we thought that were breaking the law or came very close to it in previous years, we do it,” Trump said. “And we’ve done it with some people, we’ve done it with Biden himself.”
Previously, former presidents would continue receiving intelligence briefings. Though former presidents lose formal security clearances, they would continue to receive select information as a courtesy. Former President Joe Biden derailed that tradition when he took office and denied Trump intelligence briefings due to his “erratic behavior.”
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