Seems logical to me. Bring ideas and concerns up in private. When a decision is made either get on board or get out. Taking your disagreement to the press in order to build up your own ideas won't work with Trump in office. Who doesn't get this? "You're fired....You can't fire me, I resign!" Which is it?
For some reason this one made me laugh too...the picture cracked me up. https://babylonbee.com/news/john-bolton-waves-goodbye-returns-to-sea-to-be-walrus-again
Damn you, Bolton!!! You're still trying to get us into a shooting war!!! https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/09/24/world/russian-navy-boat-walrus-attack-scli-intl/index.html