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In June 2019, Iran had shot down an unmanned American drone, and Bolton, who has always championed what he proudly calls “disproportionate response,” pushed Trump to approve a series of military strikes in retaliation. You can sense Bolton’s excitement when he describes going home “at about 5:30” for a change of clothes because he expected to be at the White House “all night.” It’s therefore an awful shock when Trump decided to call off the strikes at the very last minute, after learning they would kill as many as 150 people. “Too many body bags,” Trump told him. “Not proportionate.”
Bolton still seems incensed at this unexpected display of caution and humanity on the part of Trump, deeming it “the most irrational thing I ever witnessed any President do.”
Me ? I would've hit Iran . But then again I am not President . And that is the crux of the problem for Bolton . He was an advisor who's advice was scorned . But Bolton was not President .He served the President. The President used him for his purposes . When he had no more use for him ,Trump quit listening .I don't know if Bolton quit or was fired . It is irrelevant because it was clearly a mutual departure .