Bolton: 'Disappointed' Trump Ended Protective Detail

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : On the first day of his new administration, Trump also signed an executive order to revoke "any active or current security clearances" held by 51 former intelligence officials, including Bolton, who signed on to a letter in 2020 that cast doubt on the origins of the Hunter Biden laptop story.
44% : "I am disappointed but not surprised that President Trump has made this decision," Bolton told CNN in a statement on Tuesday.
32% : Trump withdrew the United States from the deal in May 2018, about a month after Bolton was hired as national security adviser.
30% : "Bolton previously told Newsweek that Trump "lacked the focus needed to see the strategy through," adding that it was "challenging to hold his attention" on any one issue.
17% : Bolton urged Trump to withdraw from the deal after taking office.
14% : Trump initially terminated Bolton's security detail in 2019 after he fired the national security hawk.
7% : Citing strong disagreement with many of Bolton's positions, Trump later fired him in September 2019.

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