his resignation bolton quickly disputed this version of events in turn tweeting that he had offered to resign of his own accord is not the 1st time trump bolton have disagreed the former adviser stood for a muscular approach to foreign relations and known hardliner he favored military intervention in iran north korea and venezuela but despite his aggressive rhetoric trump often chose diplomacy over confrontation he has met north korea's leader kim jong un and was prepared to strike a peace deal with the taliban in afghanistan bolton's departure has fueled speculation that u.s. foreign policy could mellow further but senior administration of figures cautioned against that idea. someone asked what would the policy be different absent any individual being here it is a been the president's policies but i don't think any leader around the world should make any assumption that because some one of us of hearts that president