Within hours of taking office, President Donald Trump terminated the Secret Service detail that was assigned to his former national security adviser John Bolton, Bolton confirmed to CNN on Tuesday.

John Bolton, the president’s former national security adviser from his first term, had his security clearance revoked as one of Trump’s first moves in the White House. Bolton, who wrote the memoir The Room Where It Happened,

Donald Trump made the decision to withdraw protection for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former envoy to Iran Brian Hook. Both were targets of planned attacks by Iran, as confirmed by "The New York Times.