Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, wrote that he "cannot in good conscience" support the war
Mr. Kent announced his resignation as director of the National Counterterrorism Center. He said that pressure from Israel had pushed President Trump into war against Iran.
President Donald Trump lashed out at his former director of National Counterterrorism Center on Tuesday following the official’s resignation out of protest over the U.S. war against Iran, calling him “weak” and “not smart.”Joe Kent was tapped by Trump in early 2025 to lead his administration’s key counterterrorism agency, and has long been seen as a loyal…
“I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation,” he said.
National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent says Trump "started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby".
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.
A top counterterrorism official who twice received President Donald Trump’s endorsement in failed bids for Congress announced he was resigning in protest of the Iran war, arguing that Israel had dragged the US into the conflict.
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Joe Kent, the director of President Donald Trump‘s National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation Tuesday. Kent served 11 combat tours before joining the Central Intelligence Agency in 2018 and taking over the administration’s counterterrorism center last summer. He is the first high-ranking Trump administration official to leave his post…
President Donald Trump responded to a question Tuesday about former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Joe Kent’s resignation over the Iran conflict. Kent stated in…
