US EditionTrump’s Former Counterterrorism Chief Reveals Who He Blames for Iran War Following Shock Resignation
Joe Kent claims Israel influenced the U.S. strike on Iran, challenging the war's justification amid no clear intelligence and rising fuel prices, sparking debate over U.S. Middle East policy.
- On Tuesday, Joe Kent, former Director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, resigned and gave a lengthy interview on The Tucker Carlson Show, alleging 'The Israelis drove the decision to take this action'.
- Kent said he resigned because there was no intelligence indicating a March 1st attack and noted Iran's fatwa against nuclear weapons showed no sign of being disobeyed.
- Kent warned killing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would rally the regime, while reporting linked the strikes to energy price rises with oil at $110 a barrel; on Wednesday, the president attended a Dover Airbase transfer for the six service members, which was not broadcast.
- White House officials report intense irritation over the allegation as senior White House staff express frustration and Pete Hegseth, Secretary of War, sometimes hinders administration messaging.
- Some commentators praised Kent while others urged caution; Megyn Kelly criticized the Iran attacks, while Marjorie Taylor Greene and Steve Bannon praised Kent and urged investigation.
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Joe Kent vs. Iran’s Imminent Threat – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
Kentucky Republican Congressman Thomas Massie has succinctly captured the problem. Over there at Fox News is this from Rep. Massie on the much-ballyhooed resignation of Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center: “Said Massie of the Kent resignation: ‘Another insider sees what we see: no imminent threat, just lobby pressure. This is why we need to defund and debate.’” No “imminent threat” from the Iranian war machine? Serious…
3/19/26 Joe Kent on How Israel Drove Trump Towards an Unnecessary War with Iran
Download Audio. Scott interviews Joe Kent, the former director of the US National Counterterrorism Center, about what drove him to resign. Kent explains how he saw the Israelis mislead Trump about an Iranian nuclear threat and the supposed fragility of the regime. He also backs up some of the…
Highlights of Joe Kent's Interview With Tucker Carlson
Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent has given his first in-depth public account of why he resigned from the Trump administration, using a lengthy interview with Tucker Carlson (watch here ) to challenge the rationale for the US war with Iran and to criticize how decisions were made inside...
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