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I had a vitamin d deficiency when i left the white house because we spent so much time in the situation room with no windows or sun light. meeting with the cabinet, making recommendations to the president. we know more about boltons personal views on issues than we know about actual meetings he ran. secondly, his national security adviser had to have the ear of the president. he was put to pasture in mongolia when president trump met with kimm jong-iujong-un. he was not the person the president ...

I dont know what happened there. >> reporter: a foreign policy hawk, bolton disliked the idea of sitting down with new yorkan dictator kim jong-un. aides say the outspoken style had irritated the president for months. >> he has strong views on thingsba that is okay. i temper john which is amazing. >> reporter: bolton also found himself at odds with pompeo. >> i know everyone talked about this for an awfully lot of times. there with places that john bolton and i had different views. >> reporter: ...

The bridge too far. >> when you say bad information, you mean information the president didnt like. >> negative information. >> not necessarily incorrect information. >> it was about the story. it is about the story. >> negative information. >> the president was not happy about it. >> precisely. >> over the past several months, susan, the president has often acknowledged publicly his disagreements with bolton on several major issues. listen to this. >> i have john bolton and i have other people ...

State department correspondent rich edson examines the differences between the two men that lead to todays announcement. >> the president, who promised to extract the united states from endless wars and as national security advisor, convinced of the value of projecting american power. >> john has strong views on things, but thats okay. i actually temper john, which is pretty amazing. >> his hawkish approach brought him conflict with some of the presidents top foreign policy initiatives, especial...

Have other people that are on the other side of the equation. john is very good. john is a -- he has strong views on things, but that is okay. i actually temper john, which is pretty amazing, isnt it? >> so then even more perplexing than the initial decision to hire john bolton is the white houses explanation for firing john bolton. the president today tweeted i disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions as did others in the administration and therefore i asked john for his resignation. and...

Removal, but white house spokesperson hogan giddily says thats just not true. >> the fact is the president of the united states asked john bolton last night for his resignation. it was delivered today. john boltons policies dont line up with the presidents. any sitting president has the right to put someone in that position that can carry out his agenda. that became no longer tenable so the president made a change. >> and dont forget president trump was often eager to publicly highlight how bolt...

I actually temper john, which is pretty amazing, isnt it? nobody thought that was going to -- im the one that tempers him. but thats okay. i have different sides. i mean, i have john bolton and i have other people that are a little more dovish than him and ultimately i make the decision. >> lot of talk about the tenure of this presidents third national security adviser. reports circulating that trump is frustrated with longtime neocon hawk john bolton whos been pushing regime change in iran for ...

John is a -- he has strong views on things, but thats okay. i actually temper john, which is pretty amazing, isnt it? nobody thought that was going to -- im the one that tempers him. but thats okay. i have different sides. i mean, i have john bolton and i have other people that are a little more dovish than him and ultimately i make the decision. >> lot of talk about the tenure of this presidents third national security adviser. reports circulating that trump is frustrated with longtime neocon h...

Trump is good at applying pressure, but this lingering pressure among analysts, both conservative and not, is any of it really working and can it work? president trump has sent warships to the persian gulf, has choked irans cash flow, and members of his administration are openly encouraging regime change. but sources tell cnn, lately hes been irritated by hawkish members of his team, like john bolton. >> i actually temper john, which is pretty amazing, isnt it? today, he hit back at those report...

Perception that bolton and others are leading him into a war with iran. expressing it on twitter today saying, i make a decisive and final decision. a message echoed by his press secretary. >> the president is the ultimate decisionmaker, and hes going to take all of the information and intelligence thats given to him, and hell make the decision that he thinks is best to keep americans safe. its that simple. >> reporter: people familiar also say trump is privately complaining that if bolton had i...