To the Editor:

Re “Trump Ousts John Bolton as National Security Adviser” (nytimes.com, Sept. 10):

The departure of John Bolton is merely the latest in a lengthy and never-ending series of resignations and firings from the revolving-door Trump White House. Many intelligent, savvy people have joined the administration, only to find that their counsel is ignored and that they and their reputations are sullied as they return to private life.

The only way to retain the confidence of the president is to totally embrace him and his myriad lies and distortions, accept his delusions, and always boost his fragile ego.

It is likely to be an eternal mystery as to how President Trump was able to continue attracting any prominent figures to serve in an administration whose hallmarks are instability, flip-flopping, incompetence and chaos, and in which a president is loyal and devoted only to himself. Those who make a deal with the devil are deserving of no sympathy.

Oren Spiegler

Peters Township, Pa.

To the Editor:

President Trump fires John Bolton for being too hawkish? Anyone who has ever heard Mr. Bolton give a speech or read any of his writings or watched the news knows that Mr. Bolton is a hawk. What did Donald Trump expect?