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Fauci is the latest in a string of former Trump aides-turned-critics to see their federal protection canceled despite ongoing threats to their lives.
Speaking to reporters in North Carolina on Friday, Trump said he wouldn’t feel any responsibility if harm befell the former government officials. A person familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive security issues, said that Fauci’s federal security detail was ended on Thursday and that he has since hired private security.
When asked about Fauci and former national security adviser John Bolton, Trump said, “They all made a lot of money. They can hire their own security, too.”
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He was the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) from 1984 to 2022… and now he is described as “former Trump aide”. What a sad destruction of a legacy.
Those 4 years don’t erase the long service. I’m glad we had fauci during those 4 years instead of a Trump toadie.
Part of me wishes faucci hadn’t been there, his legacy wouldn’t have been tarnished and a lot more trumpies would have seen the results of following Trump: death. Not that I want them dead, but if that’s what they want, I wont stop them. Ow everyone will have to suffer
No matter what would have happened, he would have blamed someone else and his followers would have listened without any question. He can shoot someone on the 5th avenue and claims it’s because of immigrants, his base will repeat “immigrants, immigrants” like a mantra.
You wallow with pigs, you get covered in pigshit.
He stayed on to try to help. Can you imagine how much worse covid could have been if we had some Trump yes man in the post? This man helped save the world from AIDS. It took a huge protest to change his mind but still.
“You can’t have a security detail for the rest of your life because you worked for government,” Trump said.
He literally has that just by being president.
“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
Trump knows exactly what he’s doing. He is waiting on his rabid fan base to kill Fauci.
The smart move here would be for the EU/UK to set up an easy method for all the clever, motivated people alienated by the orange hitter’s actions to jump ship
I’m waiting for the inevitable immigration programs that countries are gonna roll out to make it easier/more attractive for educated Americans
Yes, this is “my” country, but fixing the gaping wound it’s got now won’t solve all the other more insidious issues
I am hoping some countries offer asylum for queer people whether or not they are educated.
As a broke disabled trans person, who isn’t getting out of the country let alone shitty red state my SO and I are in anytime soon, yes please. I should’ve gotten a passport when I had the chance but here we are…
I am so sorry.
That would be fantastic. I’ve been thinking a lot about early 1930’s Germany lately, and the Jewish people who saw the writing on the wall there. The people who survived the Holocaust were mostly the ones who got out before it started.
I have queer kids. I’m currently working on moving my family to Canada.
Good luck! Every queer person needs to get out of America if they can. I fear for their safety. My daughter is queer and we just emigrated to the UK because of that.
Hey, I’ve been thinking about this for the last few days… How did you do it? How did you get out so fast? I’ve got a house, I’ve got pets, I’ve got roots here. Pulling up stakes is slow and time-consuming.
And do you have a work visa? Or are you a dual-citizen?
I am a dual citizen, so I am lucky. If you have a parent who was born in the UK, was married to your mother when you were born, and you were born before 1983, you automatically qualify for British citizenship. Unfortunately, my daughter can only stay here for six months unless I get a job paying more than £29,000 a year, so that’s my biggest concern at this point. Our savings won’t last that long though.
OK, that makes sense. Sadly, all of my family have been here for four generations or more. My wife has one slightly easier potential option: If her father claimed Irish citizenship and moved to Ireland, she could piggyback on his Irish citizenship and claim it for herself and our kids, and I’d be able to live there as her husband. But that’s really a non-starter, since her father has health issues that preclude a big move like that.
Right now, we’re focusing on Vancouver, B.C., because my oldest wants to go to college there, and it’s not too far away from where we are now in the Pacific Northwest. If I can get my company to move me, that will make it a lot easier, as they have an office there and my job is 100% remote anyway. But until he finds out if he’s accepted or not, we’re in a frustrating hurry-up-and-wait mode.
I’m glad you had the means and ability to get your daughter out and you’re a good parent for prioritizing her safety and well being.
Sorry to be annoying but you emigrate from and immigrate to.
Thanks. It’s heartbreaking, because I love my city and I grew up here. I have a house. I have pets. I have roots. But the whole country is no longer save for my kids.
If I had no children, I’d stay and fight as best I can. But kids change the equation. I have to make sure they survive. And evidence strongly indicates that they’re going to be targets of the new Nazis if we stay.
Or Canada…
But what it reminds me of is Haiti, so many Haitians go study abroad and never come back (not permanently anyway)… The same thing will end up happening in the USA if things keep going the way they are, tons of people with higher education will leave and only those in agreement with the government will stay, making things even worse and the general population will be stuck…
Pro tip if you don’t have special qualifications to help you get out, Australia has long lasting visas if you do work in the agricultural sector, if you add time as a tourist you can stay up to 2.5 years.
[Trump said he wouldn’t feel any responsibility if harm befell the former government officials. ]
I am not going to feel any responsibility or concern if harm befells Traitorapist Trump.
Republicans prove time and time again they are just shit people but the American people are just too stupid and are worse than goldfish when it comes to remembering the lesson.
Trump kept Fauci in place for the entire crisis. If Fauci was bad at his job, doesn’t that mean Trump failed the country?
If a nutter MAGAt harmed Fauci, Mango Mussolini would pardon the bastard. That is sick.
It is almost like he said he expects his SA to attack him now, for fuck sake.
Oh look at the time, it is quarter to “Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?”.
