Trump’s Top Counterterrorism Official Resigns in Protest Over Iran War
“I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation,” he said.
This morning, Joe Kent — the director of the National Counterterrorism Center — resigned in protest over the war in Iran. “I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war,” he said in a resignation letter addressed to Trump and published on X. You’d think that a war critic like myself should welcome this development. The…
“I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation,” he said.
Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, wrote that he "cannot in good conscience" support the war
National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent says Trump "started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby".
Top aide to Director of National Intelligence resigns in protest of Trump administration's war in Iran. First major official to resign over the war.
President Trump's director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, announced his immediate resignation Tuesday, citing the administration's decision to intervene in Iran.