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5 min readPresident Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton has died. Bolton, a hawkish diplomat who served under Trump and later became one of the president's most outspoken critics, died at the age of 77. The cause of death was not immediately disclosed, but Bolton had been in declining health in recent months. His death marks the end of a polarizing career that spanned four decades, during which he held key foreign policy posts under multiple Republican administrations.
Bolton’s tenure as national security adviser was cut short in September 2019, when Trump fired him via Twitter, citing disagreements over foreign policy direction. In the years that followed, Bolton wrote a memoir that painted a damning portrait of Trump’s decision-making, and he testified in the House’s second impeachment inquiry into Trump. The former adviser had also been under Secret Service protection due to a foiled assassination plot by Iranian operatives, a threat that remained active until his death.
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