U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Dr. Anthony Fauci, a top infectious disease official who has faced threats since leading the country's COVID-19 response, cannot have government-provided security forever and urged him to hire his own, APA reports citing Reuters.
During a press briefing in North Carolina, Trump was asked about media reports that he had stripped security for Fauci, whose efforts to fight the pandemic were applauded by many public health experts even as he was vilified by Trump and many other Republicans.
Trump said that when you work for government, "at some point your security detail comes off, and you know, you can't have them forever."
Trump added: "We took some off other people too, but you can't have a security detail for the rest of your life because you work for government."
