For a time the now ex-national security adviser, who first caught Trump’s eye with his tough talk on Fox News, was useful to the President — sharing his desire to shake up the globe.

But like everyone else in Trump’s dysfunctional foreign policy team, Bolton wore out his welcome, standing in the way of his boss’ impetuous instincts and seeking a share of the spotlight.

Only in the bizarre Trump orbit could the exit of a national security adviser seen as an ideologue and aggressive hawk also be perceived in some ways as the removal of a stabilizing force. But he did have a view of American interests and the use of US power that while hardline was predictable and logical and positioned within the historic boundaries of US diplomacy.

With him gone, Trump may have more leeway to indulge his more dovish instincts, which rarely match big talk with action. And US diplomacy is likely to reflect its principal author even more closely. It will be more impulsive, less strategic and more geared to creating iconic moments, like the President’s stroll into North Korea with Kim Jong Un.

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For the time being Bolton’s replacement is Charles Kupperman, a Bolton hire who is in crucial respects even worse than Bolton himself. […]

DJ, my friend, there you go again being much too kind. Trump, himself, has, time and again, proven to be “an unmitigated disaster.” I have just never seen anyone like this guy. Never.