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The administration’s reach has also extended into the realm of public health. Anthony Fauci, the former Chief Medical Advisor who became a household name—and a lightning rod for controversy—during the coronavirus pandemic, has also seen his security clearances revoked. Despite his decades of service under multiple presidents, Fauci’s proximity to the Biden administration’s pandemic policies made him a primary target for the new administration’s desire to distance itself from the recent past. By removing Fauci’s access, the Trump administration is effectively closing the door on the era of pandemic management that defined the early 2020s, signaling a preference for new voices and a different approach to national health security.
Defending these actions as “very standard” for a new administration focused on national security, President Trump has emphasized that the goal is to create a streamlined, loyal, and secure governing body. To his supporters, these moves are seen as a long-overdue housecleaning of a “Deep State” that they believe worked to undermine the President’s first term and the 2020 election. They view the revocation of Biden’s privileges as a just response to the way Trump himself was treated upon leaving office in 2021.
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