Trump Fires John Bolton In Final Break After Months Of Internal Policy Division
Updated at 1:39 p.m. ET
President Trump has fired national security adviser John Bolton, the lifelong proponent of American hard power, after months of division between the men over the direction of foreign and national security policy.
Trump announced the news Tuesday on Twitter.
Bolton responded with his own post on Twitter asserting that he had initiated the idea that he would step down, but that Trump decided to wait until the following day.
Bolton was Trump's third national security adviser and continued the pattern of departures by advisers who proved a bad fit for a White House led by the rare president with no prior experience with the military, national security or elected office.
Deputy White House press secretary Hogan Gridley told reporters that Bolton's deputy, Charles Kupperman, now will serve as an acting national
