In John Bolton's interview today, he was shown a video where Sarah Sanders says John Bolton was drunk on power. People have said that John Bolton behaved as if he thought he was President, and now he's only affirmed that.

His response was, "We don't owe loyalty to an individual, particularly an individual who routinely undercuts his own advisors".

This response should only ever illicit outrage. An advisor to the President isn't a policy maker (despite the fact that their ideas may end up in policy), they don't have some inherent right to have what they want enacted. They are there at the President's leisure to merely offer information and viewpoints so the president can come to the best decision they can. It is the President who makes the decision, based on that Presidents policy positions.

Bolton trying to act like he has some "duty" to the constitution and American people is pretty rich coming from someone whose job is to serve the President. It would be letting Bolton off easy to look at it like he is a fool for not understanding this. He knows what an advisor is and isn't. He just wasn't happy that he wasn't getting what he wanted. He joined the Trump administration with an agenda.

An advisor that has an "or else" approach to getting what they want, is NOT acting as an advisor. He really did seem to think he could use Trump as a puppet to go play war, and that's basically what he's admitting to here. Bolton thought he was in charge, as if the office of the President is beholden to him and his whims.

All I see is a whiny child in an old mans body, lashing out for not getting his way.