If Trump can never be wrong, then he can only be wronged.
Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent was killed in action during a special operations mission in Syria in 2019. Mr. Kent said he could not support “sending the next generation off to fight and die” in Iran.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt delivered a brutal smackdown to disgruntled ex-National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent’s resignation letter, exposing his claims as nothing but a string of dangerous lies and Democrat-style propaganda. The post White House Issues Brutal Smackdown of Joe Kent’s Resignation Letter, Torches His “Lies”…
GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell asserted that Joe Kent's letter of resignation from the the National Counterterrorism Center director role displayed "virulent anti-Semitism."
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…
In a resignation letter, Joe Kent said Iran "posed no imminent threat to our nation," and he asserted that "we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby."
Joe Kent’s resignation from the National Counterterrorism Center over objections to the U.S. war in Iran is putting a spotlight on divisions in the GOP and President Trump’s MAGA coalition. Until Kent’s resignation on Tuesday, criticism of Trump’s foreign policy moves and strikes in Iran had largely come from the usual GOP congressional gadflies, or…
Kent said he "cannot in good conscience" back the Iran war. In his resignation letter, he says Iran "posed no imminent threat to our nation."
