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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Robert Reich

Here’s how Trump’s vengeance machine works

A man's face, with eyes closed, visible against a black ground
‘Trump is the mob boss who keeps his hands clean while others do his dirty work.’ Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA

Trump’s vengeance machine is even more dangerous than it was before.

The Biden administration had given security protection to Trump’s former secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, his former top aide, Brian Hook, and former national security adviser, John Bolton. That was because of credible intelligence showing all three in danger of being killed by agents of Iran. During the first Trump administration, they had authorized the drone strike that killed the powerful Iranian general Qassem Suleimani in early 2020, and Iran is out to get them.

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