United States president, Donald Trump, has said he is revoking Joe Biden’s security clearance and access to daily intelligence briefings.
Trump makes this decision after Biden did the same to him four years ago.
“There is no need for Joe Biden to continue receiving access to classified information,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform.
“JOE, YOU’RE FIRED,” he added in a reference to his catchphrase on the reality TV show, The Apprentice.
Trump has already revoked the security clearance of over four dozen former intelligence officials. He had accused them of meddling in the 2020 election in Biden’s favour.
Trump posted on Friday evening that Biden “set this precedent in 2021, when he instructed the Intelligence Community (IC) to stop the 45th President of the United States (ME!) from accessing details on National Security, a courtesy provided to former Presidents”.
He added that Biden “could not be trusted with sensitive information”.
In 2021, Biden barred Trump from receiving classified intelligence briefings.
It was the first time an ex-president had ever been denied such information, which is traditionally given as a courtesy.
Biden at the time, claimed Trump could not be trusted because of his “erratic behaviour”.
“What value is giving him an intelligence briefing?” Biden said.
“What impact does he have at all, other than the fact he might slip and say something?”
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