Former President Trump's decision to cut off security funding for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, ex-National Security Adviser John Bolton, and others has raised alarms among Republican senators who cite persistent threats from Iran. Senators Lindsey Graham and Tom Cotton argue that the move could deter future public servants from engaging in crucial foreign policy work.
Last week, Trump , 78, cut off funding for security for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo , ex-National Security Adviser John Bolton and others.
In early 2020, Trump ordered a strike to kill Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani, who had been the leader of Tehran’s Quds Force. Since the assassination, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has vowed to pursue revenge.showed an animation of Pompeo being targeted by an aircraft that looks like a bomber or drone on one of Trump’s golf courses.
Graham, 69, who revealed that he had spoken with Cotton on the security issue, was more pointed about his opposition to Trump’s move. “The Senate needs to look at what happened and sit down and figure out what’s the best way forward. Everybody doesn’t deserve a detail all their life. It needs to be as needed.”
Relations between Trump and Pompeo, 61, haven’t been quite as strained. Pompeo has largely refrained from criticizing the president too much in the public eye. Colombia's president buckles under Trump's trade war threat -- offers presidential plane for deportation flightsFeds round up 50 Tren de Aragua members in Denver as nationwide ICE raids bust child rapists, suspected ISIS terroristsGetty Images
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