But not Donald Trump. On this Friday (March 21), he revoked the security clearances of numerous political foes, including his shrillest critic, twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Many of these clearances are simply not in our “national interest,” the president argued:

President Trump issued a memo Friday rescinding the security clearances of more than a dozen individuals, including former President Joe Biden and his entire family, former Vice President Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton.

“I have determined that it is no longer in the national interest for the following individuals to access classified information,” Trump wrote in the memo to the heads of executive departments and agencies, before naming those he’s barring from receiving classified information.

NEW: Trump just revoked security clearances and access to secure govt facilities for

-Hillary Clinton
-Kamala Harris
-Joe Biden and his whole family
-And many, many others pic.twitter.com/V1QbmbCCYf

— Brent Scher (@BrentScher) March 22, 2025

The president has not been shy about revoking such clearances for those he doesn’t think deserve them: