a shocking announcement the u.s. president's national security adviser john bolton tweeted that he resign this morning but that is not exactly how president trump is describing their parting of ways trump announced his decision on twitter tweeting i informed john boehner 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 which was given to me dysmorphic i'll be naming a new national security advisor next week now here is how bolton said it happened i offered to resign last night and president said let's talk about it through tomorrow will trump and bolton have clashed many times over foreign policy including how to handle north korea iran syria and most recently afghanistan