He's a proven fuckup   This can't be emphasized enough.  The position of NSA is supposed be an honest broker who would present to the President a consensus view or a range of views to the President.   The NSA is supposed to hear from all stakeholders to come to a decision.  There's never been any evidence that Bolton is a competent leader. Someone pointed out we also have another proven fuckup, Larry Kudlow on economic policy.  December 2007, “There’s no recession coming. The pessimistas were wrong. It’s not going to happen. . . . The Bush boom is alive and well. February 2008: “I’m going to bet that the economy will be rebounding sometime this summer, if not sooner. We are in a slow patch. That’s all. It’s nothing to get up in arms about.” 2010 --Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen would spur higher inflation  The guy has been terrible about most everything, but he's confidently spouts his nonsense on TV, which is all Trump cares about. Look at this column, dude predicted the bottom of the housing market in July 2008.  The bottom was about 4 miserable years later.  https://www.cnbc.com/id/25835877