tweeted that he disagreed strongly with mr bolton on many issues. john bolton in happier times seated at the president's side an influential proponent of a hawkish foreign policy. but his tenure as national security adviser came to an end when trump took to twitter to announce his departure the president tweeted that he strongly disagreed with many of bolton's the gesture ins prompting trump to ask for his resignation bolton quickly disputed this version of events in turn tweeting that he had offered to resign of his own accord it's not the 1st time trump and bolton have disagreed the former advisor stood for a muscular approach to foreign relations a known hardliner he favored military intervention in iran north korea and venezuela but despite his aggressive rhetoric trunk often chose diplomacy over confrontation he has met north korea's leader kim jong un and was prepared to