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Campaigned on ending wars often joked about having a hawkish national security adviser. >> i actually temper john, which is pretty amazing, isn't it? nobody thought that was going to -- i'm the one that tempers him, but that's okay >> reporter: still, their disagreements have been piling up, including the president's visit with kim jong-un at the dmz, a meeting bolton opposed. the planned strike on iran in retaliation for a downed u.s. drone. bolton lobbied for it. president trump called it off. >> i didn't like it. i didn't think it was -- i didn't think it was proportionate. >> reporter: and...

To bolton's aggressive stance on national security issues. >> john bolton is absolutely a hawk. if it was up to him, he'd take on the whole world at one time. i have john bolton who i would definitely say is a hawk and i have other people that are other side of the equation. yeah, john's very good. john is a -- he has strong views on things, but that's okay. i actually temper john, which is pretty amazing, isn't it? nobody thought that was going to -- i'm the one that tempers him, but that's okay. >> bolton's departure puts him at the end of a very long and growing roster of trump officials wh...

>> john is a -- he has strong views on things, but that's okay. i actually temper john, which is pretty amazing, isn't it? nobody thought that was going to -- i'm the one that tempers him. but that's okay. john bolton is absolutely a hawk. if it was up to him, he'd take on the whole world at one time, okay? >> so, no matter what else you think about president trump, does the president deserve credit, i guess you could say, for trying to keep us out of more wars which john bolton would be inclined to do the opposite? peter? >> well, it's an interesting conundrum, right, because you've got this ...

Signed up, trump often referred to bolton's aggressive stance on national security issues. >> john bolton is absolutely a hawk. if it was up to him, he'd take on the whole world at one time. i have john bolton who i would definitely say is a hawk and i have other people that are other side of the equation. yeah, john's very good. john is a -- he has strong views on things, but that's okay. i actually temper john, which is pretty amazing, isn't it? nobody thought that was going to -- i'm the one that tempers him, but that's okay. >> bolton's departure puts him at the end of a very long and grow...

Sitting down with north korean dictator, kim jong-un. aides say outspoken style irritated the president for months. >> he has strong views, but that's okay. i actually temper john. >> bolton also found himself at odds with pompeo who's much more willing to tout the president's foreign policy views. >> there were places we had different views. >> with bolton out of way, the administration is sounding more open to the idea of the president sitti inting down wit iran's president. >> the president has made clear he's happy to take a meeting with no precbs, but we are maintaining a maximum pressure...