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.”
The other most notable, almost comical, person to have their security clearance revoked is none other than top neocon and former Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who Trump has labeled a “bad guy.” Blinken played a key role in orchestrating the Russian collusion hoax. Blinken and 51 former intelligence officials took it upon themselves to publicize a letter that deemed the Hunter Biden laptop discovery ”a Russian information operation.” His role in hiding the Biden crime family’s activities from the public was blatant 2020 election interference. Let us not forget the nature of the Biden crime family’s role in Ukraine and Blinken’s role in fueling America’s position in that war.
Others, such as Jake Sullivan, the former national security adviser, and Lisa Monaco, former deputy attorney general, also had their security clearances revoked. Monaco played a key role in the Department of Justice’s investigation into January 6.
Corrupt New York DA Alvin Bragg and Attorney General Letitia James lost their clearances. These two went above and beyond to bend the law in an attempt to prevent Trump from seeking reelection. Andrew Weissmann, Mark Zaid, and Norm Eisen, lawyers who have notoriously targeted Trump, have also had their clearances eliminated. Zaid has told the New York Times that he has the right to due process, stating Trump and “his partisan minions” will not deter him from “holding them accountable ot the rule of law.”
Trump is seeking retribution for all those who have wronged him. But in wronging him, these people also wronged the American people by denying their voices and attempting to demonize a favored political candidate and his ideologies. The message is not merely revenge but a signal that these people are no longer welcome in Washington where they once held tremendous power under the Biden-Harris regime.
