i'm in a flame war with chrissy tiegen, and world war ii, what if the nazis had won?"s, back in may, trump said this: >> john is a-- he has strong views on things, but that's okay. i actually temper john, which is pretty amazing, isn't it? nobody thought that was going to hap-- i'm the one that tempers him." >> stephen: so, donald trump is the voice of reason? ( laughter ) (as trump) "john, john. you're talking crazy, okay? now, can we please get back to discussing windmill cancer." trump concluded, "and, therefore-- dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot-- i asked john for his resignation, which was given to me this morning." okay, the president is making a simple statement of fact, so it's probably a lie. ( laughter ) because 12 minutes after trump's announcement, bolton tweeted, "i offered to resign last night, and president trump said, 'let's talk about it tomorrow.'" ( laughter ) oh, john! "yes, john, we'll talk tomorrow. now, i want you to look into the distance while i tell you about rabbits." ( laughter ) steinbeck reference. the announcement was a complete sur