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Trump fires national security adviser John Bolton

By Mike Brest
Published September 10, 2019 4:02pm ET
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Trump fires national security adviser John Bolton
John Bolton, national security advisor, listens during a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and Jens Stoltenberg, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. U.S., on Thursday, May 17, 2018. The White House said the two leaders will be discussing the upcoming NATO Summit in July. | (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

President Trump announced on Tuesday morning that he has asked national security adviser John Bolton for his resignation.

Bolton, 70, has been the national security adviser for Trump dating back to April 2018. However, the president cited strong disagreements as the reason behind his decision.

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