Senior US officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, are moving from their homes to military bases near Washington to feel safer, following the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, The Atlantic reports.
“Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, recently joined the growing list of senior political appointees in the Trump administration – at least six, according to our data – living on military facilities near Washington, where they are protected not only from potential violence but also from protests,“ the article says.
According to the publication, Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth have moved to "General quarters" at Fort McNair, a military enclave on the banks of the Anacostia River. Homeland Security Secretary Christie Noem, Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll and "another senior White House official," whose name the publication is not disclosing due to "foreign threat," have also moved to the military bases.
The publication calls the move by Trump administration officials a sign of "the polarization of the nation."
“These government officials can now count on the US military to improve their personal security. But so many of them have taken this step that there is now a housing shortage for the country's top officers,” the article says.
Charlie Kirk, 31, a supporter of US President Donald Trump, was killed on September 10 in mass event at Utah Valley University. He left behind a wife and two children. Kirk was popular among America's conservative youth.