did jon bolton get fired, or did he quit, and did he leave the white house because he disagreed with u in particular over talks with the taliban? last night, the president asked for ambassador bolton's resignation and i understand it was received this morning. was it because of this disagreement?” received this morning. was it because of this disagreement? i will leave it to the president to talk about the reasons he made the decision. the president is entitled to the staff he once was up any staff person who works director for the president of the united states, he should have values and judgments who benefit american foreign policy. that is what we try to do every day and when the president may say decision like this, he is within his rights to do so. can you describe your working relationship with jon bolton as it was today, and also does this departure make it easier for you to do yourjob and for your admin station to accomplish the foreign policy agenda? admin station to accomplish the foreign policy agenda ?|j admin station to accomplish the foreign policy agenda? i don't talk a

terms of diplomacy are clear, so the president knew full well what he was getting by appointing jon bolton assume that trump had appointed bolton because of some strategic decision about the value of bolton pot positions. i think it was much more a rejection of his earlier... his first national security adviser and others in his early cabinet who were widely reported as serving as a break on the president's impetuous nurse, on his tendencies to send troops be more militaristic. he wanted people around him who, number one, were not going to challenge him and, two, three, four and five would not be reported as challenging him. one of the things that this president cannot tolerate is somebody in and around his circles he was getting more attention than he is. on some of these issues, bolton was getting too much publicity for a president like trump to tolerate. i think that was part of his thinking. from bolton pot vantage point, his view was he was probably not able to have as much influence as he hoped, that trump was not following his advice, and so at a certain point he says, if you're not

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jon: this president is often depicted as impetuous and trigger-happy, restrained by his advisors. but with john bolton it may have been the other way around. eres. trump: i actually te john, which is pretty amazing. i'm the one that tempers him, but that's ok. jon: on any number of policy issues, donald trump and john bolton were not aligned. on iran, john bolton advocated aggressive response. the president wanted restraint. on venezuela, bolton thoughtsa tions could bring the overthrow of nicolas maduro. the policy has failed. most recently, the president wanted to go ahead over the weekend with a summit at camp david with taliban lthders. bu week is the anniversary of 9/11, and bolton thought the idea was crazy. w found its way into the public domain. perhaps the final straw for the president.al and so dtrump is now casting around for his fourth national securitadvisor in under threars, one of the most pivotal jobs in any american admintration. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. laura: for more, i spoke with shane national security for "the shington post." john bolton is out somehow. whether he quit o

times ambassador to be sure.i dagreed, that's jon: this president is often depicted as impetuous and trigger-happy, restrained by his advisors. but with john bolton it may havw been the oth around. john, which isretty amazing.er i'm the one that tempers him, but that's ok. jon: on any number of policyru issues, donald and john bolton were not aligned. on iran, john bolton advoc red aggresponse.the president wantet on venezuela, bolton thought sanctions could bring the overthrow of nicolas ro. the policy has failed. most recently, the president weekend with a suit at camp david with taliban leaders. of 9/11, and boltoght theversary idea was crazy. that view somehow found its way into the public domain. perhaps the final straw for the president. and so donald trump is now casting around for his fourth innational security adviso under three ars, one of the most pivotal jobs in any american administration. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. laura: for more, i spoke with shane harris, who covers national security for "the washington post." john bolton is out somehow. whether he quit or was fired isp a matter of e. was it that issue of talking to the tal

in his tweet mr trump said: which seems at odds with the tweet we have had from jon bolton: just momentssecretary of state mike pompeo had this to say in the briefing room. last night, the president asks for ambassador alton's resignation. as i understand it, it was received this morning. was it because of this disagreement? i would say this, the president is entitled to the staff that he wants. at any moment, the staff, he should have people he trusts and whose values and effort he trusts and benefits. our north america editor jon sopel has just returned from the white house and is with us now. during the press conference, mike pompeo was asked what he surprise. he saidi pompeo was asked what he surprise. he said i am never surprised.” thought that was a moment of real humour. how can you be surprised when the things that go on here go on. this is so unusual. when someone gets fired they do not normally, within15 minutes come back and say i was not fired, i offered to resign. and also what tends to happen on conventional politics is that you play down the division. you say we have all,

tonight they're at odds again — asjohn bolton offers a different version of events — insisting he offered the president his resignation. here's our north america editor, jonhn bolton is the hawk‘s hawk — acerbic, dry, clever and confrontational. and this morning, still to be found in the white house grounds. but not anymore. he's been turfed out by presidential tweet: but highly unusually, and in a sure sign of the acrimony over this departure, bolton also took to twitter to challenge the president's version of events: hello, everybody. at a white house briefing with the treasury secretary and the secretary of state — two men thatjohn bolton had clashed most with — there were grins all round. so last night the president asked for ambassador bolton's resignation. as i understand it, it was received this morning. the president's entitled to the staff that he wants. at any moment, the staff, person, who works directly for the president of the united states, and he should have people that he trusts and values and whose efforts and judgements benefit him in delivering american foreign policy. and farfrom seeking to paper over the cracks, they were instead pull

tonight they're at odds again as mr bolton is offering a different version on events. here's our north america editor, jonjohn bolton is the hawk‘s hawk — acerbic, dry, clever and confrontational. and this morning, still to be found in the white house grounds. but not anymore. he's been turfed out by presidential tweet. "i informed john bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the white house. i disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions, as did others in the administration, and therefore i asked john for his resignation." but highly unusually, and in a sure sign of the acrimony over this departure, bolton also took to twitter to challenge the president's version of events. "i offered to resign last night and president trump said, ‘let‘s talk about it tomorrow'." hello, everybody. at a white house briefing with the treasury secretary and the secretary of state — two men thatjohn bolton had clashed most with — there were grins all round. so last night the president asked for ambassador bolton's resignation. as i understand it, it was received this morning. the president's entitled t

this evening, the one thing that isn't happening is there are no tears being shed fourjohn bolton's departure. jonuse, thank you. the prime minister has defended his decision to suspend parliament for nearly five weeks, and denied it was an anti—democratic move. the parliamentary session closed in the early hours of the morning, after mps refused to support borisjohnson‘s latest call for a general election. during the day, the prime minister held talks with the dup of northern ireland, who said tonight that they'd receieved assurances that the uk would not agree to a brexit deal that would create a division between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. black rod! the call made, as it always has been. black suits and lace worn in the usual way. desire the presence of this honourable house... but then, there's been nothing — genuinely nothing — ever quite like this. jeering and booing. opposition mps' fury that the prime minister has closed parliament early. even scuffling to try to keep the speaker in his chair — a symbol of their desire to keep par

." >> reporter: bolton also told abc's jon karl the president's story was flatly wrong. "he never asked for me to resign directly or indirectly." >> reporter: the sudden turn of events was a long time coming. bolton is a famous hawk, an early supporter of the iraq war and a strong advocate of regime change in iran. in both cases, at odds with the president. >> john bolton is absolutely a hawk. if it was up to him, he'd take on the whole world at one time, okay? >> reporter: and bolton was publicly skeptical of several of president trump's big foreign policy moves, like the ongoing talks with north korea. >> do you take kim jong-un at his word? >> the president takes him at his word. >> no, i know he does, but what about you? >> my opinion doesn't matter. >> reporter: just this morning, bolton was at work here at the white house, he even chaired a national security meeting. and he was scheduled to be at a briefing on new counterterrorism measures. instead, secretary of state mike pompeo and secretary of the treasury steve mnuchin addressed reporters. both often battled bol

. >> reporter: bolton also told abc's jon karl the president's story was flatly wrong, he never asked directly or indirectly. the sudden turn of events was a long time coming. bolton is a famous hawk, an early supporter of the iraq war, and a strong advocate of regime change in iran. in both cases at odds with the president. >> john bolton is absolutely a hawk. if it was up to him, he's take on the whole world at one time. >> reporter: bolton was publicly skeptical of several of president trump's big foreign policy moves like the ongoing talks with north korea. >> do you take kim jong-un at his word? >> the president takes him at his word. >> i know he does, what about you? >> my opinion doesn't matter. >> reporter: bolton was at work here in the white house. he even chaired a national security meeting. and he was scheduled to be at a briefing on new counterterrorism measures, instead, secretary of state mike pompeo and secretary of treasury steve mnuchin addressed reporters. both often battled bolton, especially on trump's effort to secure a peace deal in afghanistan. >> did he leave

bolton. plus, stephen welcomes: ansel elgort and jodi kantor and megan twohey featuring jon batiste and stayan. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: come on! wooo! hi, there. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: lovely, lovely! welcome, one and all. to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. and i have never, ever-- i have never been more grateful for the president's pettiness and stupidity. ( laughter ) because today he was spidly tty engh to save us from a very smart warmonger. i'm talking about national security adviser and last walrus on the beach without a mate, john bolton. ( laughter ) today, with no public preamble, the president tweeted, "i informed john bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the white house." ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) and another-- another goodbye! another trumpling bites the dimpling of dirt. ( laughter ) trump goes through staffers like a high 17-year-old goes through little debbie swiss rolls. we knew there was bound to be conflict be

jon sopel has more. all defence is ——in pollard —— and foreign policy is meant to go through the foreign advisor. what attracted trump tojohn boltont this section of other administrations knew how to get things done, new what levers to pull. but there was a problem, they fundamentally disagreed on a lot of american foreign policy. john bolton is the hawk‘s hawk — acerbic, dry, clever and confrontational. and this morning, still to be found in the white house grounds. but not anymore. he's been turfed out by presidential tweet. "i informed john bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the white house. i disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions, as did others in the administration, and therefore i asked john for his resignation." but highly unusually, and in a sure sign of the acrimony over this departure, bolton also took to twitter to challenge the president's version of events. "i offered to resign last night and president trump said, ‘let‘s talk about it tomorrow'." hello, everybody. at a white house briefing with the treasury secretary and the secretary of state — two men thatjohn bolton had clashed mo

national security adviser john bolton opposing a meeting with the taliban, with the deal dead now, the taliban has promised more bloodshed in afghanistan. with more from joncham historian and editor at atlantic. david, i want to talk to you about this. what happened this weekend to stop this terrible meeting to happen? >> the meeting was never going to happen. this is a story of fantasy and envy. the president's fantasy of being a great deal maker and envy of president obama's peace prize, cahill, our former ambassador to afghanistan was running a process of negotiation with the tal ban to see if some arrangement could be reached. about the 1st of september, he seems to reach some kind of interim deal. what should have happened at this point is it goes into the government, different agencies look at it do we like it, can we live with it, can we go forward, can we stop? trump got the smell of this and thought this was a done deal. zalame is about to get credit. he will get the nobody eel peace prize. >> how do you know the time line? >> this is an agreement it goes to the agency process, not up to the president of the united states. trump swoops in and inv