operated in his role?|j we know about howjohn bolton operated in his role? i think we know thatjohn bolton took a really different approach to the national security adviser role than has been traditionally taken. the national security adviser is traditionally a job that is behind the scenes and tremendously important in co—ordinating the different parts of us foreign policy, the defence, state departments, making sure everybody is singing from the same sheet of music and also teaming up options for the presidents to decide. john bolton saw his role differently, historic as convincing as president of his more hawkish opinions. he had a much more public face. he travelled and tweeted a lot and often time he was not in sync with the president in the messages he sent. as a result, mr trump is make policy became less coherent. we are hearing a lot of foreign policy