A former US national security adviser to Donald Trump has written an opinion piece arguing that the Supreme Court must intervene to stop lower courts from making decisions that, in his view, jeopardise presidential security. Drawing on his own experience of being rapidly evacuated during security scares while working at the White House, he frames the building as both a command centre and a target, and contends that courts do not adequately weigh these risks when ruling on matters affecting presidential protection and movement.

The author identifies himself as Trump's final national security adviser during his first term, having also served as special envoy for Hostage Affairs for two years before that role. The piece appears amid wider Fox News coverage of a Department of Justice Supreme Court petition concerning White House ballroom litigation, and references claims that Trump has become America's most targeted leader, facing threats every few months, though the article itself does not detail a specific court case or ruling prompting the appeal.