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Top U.S. counterterrorism official Joe Kent resigns over Trump's
war on Iran
By: jsmth321 Date: March 17, 2026, 2:32 pm
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"Joe Kent, the director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism
Center, announced his resignation on Tuesday, saying he "cannot
in good conscience" back the Trump administration's war in
Iran."
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"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," Kent said in an open letter to U.S.
President Donald Trump."
Kent was appointed by Donald Trump and confirmed to the position
by the US Senate last summer, and is the first senior member of
Trump's administration to resign over Iran war.
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Re: Top U.S. counterterrorism official Joe Kent resigns over Tru
mp's war on Iran
By: jsmth321 Date: March 18, 2026, 8:19 pm
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"Former Trump administration counterterrorism chief Joe Kent
said the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had been
moderating the country’s nuclear program ahead of his death."
“I’m no fan of the former supreme leader, you know, Ali
Khamenei, however, he was moderating their nuclear program. He
was preventing them from getting a nuclear weapon,”
Asked by Carlson if Iran was on the verge of getting a nuclear
weapon, Kent replied,“No, they weren’t,” before adding that
Iran’s strategy was “to not completely abandon the
nuclear program.”
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Re: Top U.S. counterterrorism official Joe Kent resigns over Tru
mp's war on Iran
By: jsmth321 Date: March 18, 2026, 8:20 pm
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"Former US National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent
said today that a “good deal of key decision makers were not
allowed to come and express their opinion” to President Donald
Trump in the lead up to war with Iran."
"the intelligence community’s ability to offer a “sanity check”
when briefing the president “was largely stifled in this second
iteration,” Kent said."
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