Trump Ousts Bolton After Dispute Over Negotiating With Taliban
- Departure comes days after Camp David meeting was canceled
- Bolton says in tweet that he offered his resignation on Monday
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President Donald Trump said he fired his hawkish national security adviser, John Bolton, after disagreeing “strongly” with many of his positions, ending a tumultuous tenure marked by multiple setbacks in U.S. foreign policy.
Bolton, known for his hardline approach to U.S. adversaries, including Iran, North Korea and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, was the third person to formally occupy the White House’s highest-ranking national security job under Trump.