Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, has resigned over the war with Iran. He says the country posed no threat and he blames Israel for dragging the US into the conflict. Bloomberg's Tyler Kendall reports from the White House. (Source: Bloomberg)
One of President Trump’s most extreme, Nazi-sympathizing counterterrorism officials is leaving his post over the war on Iran.National Counterterrorism Center director and former GOP congressional candidate Joe Kent announced his resignation, in a letter on X Tuesday morning.“I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no…
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday that top counterterrorism official Joe Kent's resignation letter had "many false claims."
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.
Joe Kent, the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned on Tuesday, saying that he doesn't support President Donald Trump's war against Iran. "Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby," he wrote in a resignation post on X. Kent, a…
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 intelligence official is stepping down over opposition to strikes on Iran, claiming the United States was pressured into the war by “Israel and its powerful American lobby.” Joe Kent, the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced he was leaving his position because President Trump was waging war against Iran at the behest ...
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."
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…
