US EditionGabbard Backs Trump After Intelligence Official Resigns over Iran War
Tulsi Gabbard supports President Trump’s military decisions amid internal dissent after Joe Kent resigned opposing the Iran conflict, reflecting division in U.S. intelligence leadership.
- On Tuesday, Tulsi Gabbard defended President Trump’s military authority hours after Joe Kent resigned, explaining her role in the ODNI .
- On Tuesday, Joe Kent said, 'After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today', citing concerns Iran posed no imminent threat and blaming pressure from Israel and its lobby.
- While defending presidential authority, Gabbard said the President concluded Iran posed an imminent threat and took action, but she did not endorse the war.
- A senior administration official said the White House wanted Kent fired over suspected leaks, while Scripps News reported Gabbard was not asked to fire him though she would have done so upon request.
- Amid widening regional fighting, Iran claims 1,348 civilians have been killed, and the Pentagon reports 13 U.S. servicemembers dead, following the February 28 strikes.
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Tulsi Gabbard defended Donald Trump after the resignation of Joe Kent, director of the National Center for Combating Terrorism. Kent's national intelligence director and head of Kent expressed herself on social media, where she said that after examining all the intelligence gathered by his teams, "President Trump concluded that Iran's Islamist terrorist regime represented an imminent threat." Read more
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