Trump Should Rethink Revoking Former Officials' Security Details, Tom Cotton Says

President Donald Trump should rethink his decision to remove security details from three former senior national security officials, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday.

That protection is not just for them, but also the public, said Sen. Tom Cotton, a Trump loyalist who nonetheless is pushing back against the president's targeting of those he perceived as adversaries. Cotton said a president needs to keep qualified individuals interested in serving the White House and that may sometimes require enhanced security for officials.

The Arkansas senator said he would encourage Trump "to revisit the decision for those people" - former National Security Adviser John Bolton , former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Brian Hook , a former senior policy adviser to Pompeo. All were involved in planning and discussions of the deadly drone strike on Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani in January 2020.

"The threat to anyone involved in President Trump's strike on Qasem Soleimani is persistent. It's real," Cotton said during an appearance on "Fox News Sunday." "Iran is committed to vengeance against all of these people."

Trump had revoked security protection for the three, effective last week, despite the fact that they faced threats from Iran for taking hardline stances against the Islamic Republic during Trump's administration.