Trump Questions Why His Top Advisors Are Living On Military Bases: ‘i’m Not Sure That... Ah, They Need To’

President Donald Trump admitted he isn’t judge why immoderate of his apical advisors are living connected subject bases, saying, “I’m not judge that… ah, they request to.”

During an question and reply pinch 60 Minutes on Sunday, 1 time aft a suspected gunman opened occurrence astatine nan White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, Trump was asked if he felt location was immoderate relationship betwixt nan increasing governmental unit successful nan U.S. and nan truth that galore of his unit unrecorded successful unafraid subject bases.

A fistful of Trump’s apical advisors and Cabinet members unrecorded successful Washington, D.C.-area subject housing, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.

Recently fired Attorney General Pam Bondi was reportedly moved into a subject guidelines successful March aft she received threats complete her handling of nan Jeffrey Epstein case. Ousted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is besides still surviving successful nan waterfront subject location she was moved to aft receiving threats, contempt being fired by Trump.

“Well, they take to,” Trump told analogous Norah O’Donnell. “I’m not judge that…ah, they request to. They person bully places, you know?”

Trump continued: “Democrats did nan aforesaid thing. Some of nan lodging connected subject bases is very nice. I’m not judge they do it needfully for violence, but probably…it’s not nan worst point successful nan world.”

“Look, they're— they're doing— we are consequential. This is simply a consequential presidency. I person a awesome Cabinet, and they do things that are very good, but immoderate people— you know, they're bully for us. They're not bully for different people,” nan president added.

Trump, 79, diverted nan speech to Iran, saying they were “crazy” arsenic “they’re not gonna person a atomic weapon.”

“They're not gonna rustle up nan world. And truthful they're not happy. And erstwhile they're not happy, group do things that are violent,” he said.

Trump continued: “Now, I'm not tracing thing backmost to them, but surely if they had a shot, they'd astir apt return it. So erstwhile you're a consequential president aliases if you person a consequential administration, things hap that wouldn't hap if you're Sleepy Joe Biden.”

The Independent has contacted nan White House for comment.

At slightest a fistful of Trump’s apical advisors presently aliases erstwhile lived successful subject lodging owed to information threats.

Noem, who was fired successful March pursuing a drawstring of high-profile controversies astatine DHS, was precocious seen coming and going from nan waterfront location typically saved for Coast Guard officials.

The embattled erstwhile furniture member moved onto nan subject guidelines aft protesters and paparazzi discovered nan reside of her backstage residences while she oversaw nan Trump administration’s fierce anti-immigration crackdown.

It was not instantly clear why Noem was still surviving astatine nan subject base. Coast Guard commandant Admiral Kevin Lunday presently lives successful nan location adjacent doorway to Noem’s and plans to move into nan location she is occupying “imminently,” Lunday told associates, nan Wall Street Journal reports.

It was not clear whether Bondi, who was moved into a heavy guarded subject guidelines successful March, remained successful nan location aft her firing.

Meanwhile, Rubio and Miller moved into “Generals Row” successful Fort McNair sometime past fall, joining Hegseth, who had already been surviving connected nan unafraid subject base.

White House and management officials person antecedently cited information concerns arsenic reasons for nan arrangements.