Bolton has faced threats from Iran for years, an alleged plot to assassinate him in 2021, and the Justice Department later charged a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps over the plot in 2022. Trump had removed Bolton from his first term. in 2019, and Biden had granted him a security detail in 2021.
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House about Bolton’s claim but did not receive a response.
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President Donald Trump, right, ousted John Bolton, left, from his first term in office in 2019. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
“The Ministry of Justice filed criminal charges against an Iranian Revolutionary Guard official in 2022 for attempting to hire a hitman to attack me. This risk persists today, as also demonstrated by the recent arrest of someone seeking to organize President Trump’s campaign “Other Americans can judge for themselves which president made the right decision. “
Iranian threats against Bolton were likely triggered through the January 2020 U. S. strike that killed Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s Quds Force, the Justice Department reported in 2022.
Bolton served as Trump’s national security advisor between 2018 and 2019, before Trump ousted him because they “disagreed strongly” on policy issues.
BIDEN says Trump has “no redeeming value” and claims he is burdening him like an Iranian assassination threat.
“Last night I informed John Bolton that his were no longer needed in the White House,” Trump tweeted in 2019. “I don’t agree with many of his suggestions, as do others in the administration, and that’s why I asked John to resign. , which was given to me this morning. I thank John very much for his service. I will appoint a new National Security Advisor next week.
President Donald Trump revoked former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s Secret Service protection after his inauguration as the 47th president on Jan. 20, 2025, Bolton said. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Over the next few years, Trump criticized Bolton, adding that he had started “World War Six” and calling him “one of the dumbest people in the government” in 2023.
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Bolton also criticized Trump, saying in a 2020 interview that Trump had “the skills to do the job. ”
John Bolton, pictured here in 2019 while serving as U. S. national security adviser, was a member of the U. S. The U. S. military faced threats from Iran years ago, adding an alleged plot to the killing in 2021. (STR/NurPhoto Getty Images)
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“I don’t think I have the compatibility for the job,” Bolton said in 2020. “I don’t think I have the skills to do the job. There’s no guiding precept that I’ve been able to discern, other than what’s smart. ” for the re-election of Donald Trump.
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