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Trump Says 'It's a Good Thing' Joe Kent Resigned: He Was 'Very Weak on Security'
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President Donald Trump said Tuesday that "it's a good thing" that Joe Kent has resigned as director of the National Counterterrorism Center and that Kent was "very weak on security." The post Trump Says ‘It’s a Good Thing’ Joe Kent Resigned: He Was ‘Very Weak on Security’ appeared first on Breitbart.
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Joe Kent Resigns From Trump Administration Over Iran War
Joe Kent has resigned as the director of the National Counterterrorism Center in protest of President Donald Trump’s ongoing war against Iran. Kent, a twice-failed Washington congressional candidate aligned with the isolationist MAGA right, is the highest-ranking Trump official to quit because of the war. But Kent didn’t portray the president as the real…
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Joe Kent, a Top Counterterrorism Official for the Trump Administration, Resigns, Citing Iran War
Mr. Kent is the highest-ranking Trump administration official to quit in opposition to the conflict. He is also known for his support of conspiracy theories.
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Trump unloads on top official Joe Kent over Iran war resignation: 'He was weak'
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…
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What to know about Joe Kent, Trump counterterrorism chief who resigned
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."
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GOP lawmaker blasts Joe Kent’s resignation over Iran war: ‘good riddance’
GOP Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) on Tuesday blasted Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, for resigning over the war in Iran. “Good riddance. Iran has murdered more than a thousand Americans. Their EFP land mines were the deadliest in Iraq,” Bacon wrote in a Tuesday post on X. “Anti-Semitism is an evil…
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NCTC Director Joe Kent Resigns from Trump Administration in Protest to Iran War
Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, has announced his resignation. Director Kent outlines his decision as driven by opposition to the war against Iran. Kent, a senior deputy to Director of National intelligence Tulsi Gabbard posted his resignation letter on the X platform, writing: “I cannot in good conscience support the…
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Joe Kent, Trump’s counterterrorism director, becomes first administration official to resign over Iran war
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…
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Opinion | Joe Kent Resigns on Anti-Israel Principle
A counterterror official says the Jewish lobby dragged Trump into war.
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