President Donald Trump announced Monday that the adult children of former President Joe Biden will no longer receive protection from the U.S. Secret Service.
In a Truth Social post, Trump noted that Hunter Biden has received Secret Service protection for an “extended period of time.”
“There are as many as 18 people on this Detail, which is ridiculous!” Trump wrote. “Please be advised that, effective immediately, Hunter Biden will no longer receive Secret Service protection.”
Ashley Biden, Hunter’s sister, will also have her Secret Service protection revoked. Trump noted that 13 agents were assigned to her security detail, Fox News reported.
“We are aware of the President’s decision to terminate protection for Hunter and Ashley Biden,” the Secret Service told Fox News Digital. “The Secret Service will comply and is actively working with the protective details and the White House to ensure compliance as soon as possible.”
Under federal law, former presidents and their spouses receive lifetime Secret Service protection, but protection for their immediate family members over the age of 16 ends once they leave office. However, both Trump and Biden extended Secret Service details for their children for six months before leaving office, according to the Associated Press.
Biden allowed Barron Trump to continue receiving Secret Service protection after his 16th birthday, the AP added.
In his post, Trump stated that Biden was vacationing in South Africa, a country facing increasing pressure from the U.S. administration due to its land expropriation law, which allows the government to seize land without compensation. Trump also criticized South Africa for its support of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas and Iran, claiming that the land seizures discriminate against White landowners.
“Because of this, South Africa has been taken off our list of Countries receiving Economic and Financial Assistance,” Trump wrote.
Last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared that South Africa’s ambassador to the United States “is no longer welcome” in the country. In a Friday webinar, Ebrahim Rasool discussed the Trump administration’s crackdowns on diversity and equity programs, as well as immigration policies, accusing the U.S. president of embracing and spreading “white supremacy.”
“The supremacist assault on incumbency, we see it in the domestic politics of the U.S.A., the MAGA movement, the Make America Great Again movement, as a response not simply to a supremacist instinct, but to very clear data that shows great demographic shifts in the U.S.A. in which the voting electorate in the U.S.A. is projected to become 48% white,” the South African ambassador said.
Rubio lashed out at Rasool as a “race-baiting” South African politician who hates Trump while also declaring him “persona non grata” in the U.S.
Three months into his second term, President Donald Trump reached the highest approval rating of his presidency, while more Americans believe the country is on the right track than at any point since 2004, according to a new NBC News poll released Sunday.
However, the bad news is that Trump still has not garnered the support of a majority of Americans, while 54% of respondents disapprove of his handling of the economy, marking the first time he has lost a majority on this issue in NBC’s polling.
“Even so, the survey found that voters generally feel Trump is bringing ‘the right kind of change’ on the key issues — even tariffs,” the New York Post reported, citing the NBC News survey. “More Americans support his changes to trade policy (41%) than oppose them (38%), according to NBC.”
Overall, 47% of voters approve of Trump, while 51% disapprove, marking an all-time high in the poll.
NBC poll respondents seem to be giving Trump some leeway on inflation: 40% said his policies are having a positive effect, while 30% believe they’re having a negative impact, and 28% feel Trump’s policies aren’t making any difference, The Post said.