WASHINGTON — Former Trump White House national security adviser John Bolton said Tuesday that he has lost his Secret Service protective detail — one day after the 47th president canceled his security clearance, citing a 2020 tell-all book.

Bolton said that threat “remains today,” pointing to an Iranian plot to assassinate Trump before the 2024 election.

U.S. President Donald Trump stripped Secret Service protection on Tuesday from his former national security adviser, John Bolton, who became the target of an Iranian murder plot after he served in the White House.

President Trump on Tuesday explained why he revoked former national security adviser John Bolton’s security clearance. “I think there was enough time. We take a job, you take a job, you want to do a job,

Bolton departed the first Trump admin in 2019 and has continued to require Secret Service protection due to threats from Iran.

"I am disappointed but not surprised that President Trump has decided to terminate the protection previously provided by the United States Secret Service," John Bolton said.

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Bolton, who frequently stakes out hawkish views about Iran, has had a 24/7 security detail from the Secret Service since December 2021. The Justice Department has said that during that time a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard attempted to hire a hitman in the United States to take him out.

President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had granted Bolton and another Trump national security adviser protection in 2021 after threats from Iran.

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