US EditionMcCaul: Joe Kent Resignation Represents ‘Ideological Split’ Within GOP
Joe Kent resigned after 13 months as National Counterterrorism Center director, opposing Trump’s Iran war and alleging it was driven by Israeli influence, sparking White House turmoil.
- On March 17, Joe Kent, retired Green Beret and Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned after being nominated by President Donald Trump 13 months earlier.
- Kent explained on Monday night that Iran posed no imminent threat and the administration bombed Iran under pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.
- The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that Kent's resignation surprised the White House, prompting aides to criticize him and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt to defend the president on March 17.
- The resignation widened questions about the administration's credibility as critics noted the White House scramble and questioned the justification for the Iran war.
- Amid troop movements, Kent's resignation feeds larger strategic questions as Trump recently moved 2,500 Marines to the Middle East and faces MAGA-verse criticism over the Feb. 28 war.
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Vice President JD Vance was asked about NCTC Director Joe Kent resigning from his position over a disagreement surrounding the Iran conflict. This could have been a challenging question for Vance to answer because both Vance and Kent are funded and supported by the same ideological donor, Billionaire Peter Thiel. [FYI Tucker is also in […]
Brutal conservative analysis predicts Trump’s fractured coalition won’t survive Iran war
President Donald Trump and National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard were rocked by a major bombshell when, on Tuesday, March 17, far-right MAGA Republican Joe Kent abruptly announced that he was leaving his position as director of the National Counterterrorism Center. And he didn't hesitate to say why: Kent is vehemently opposed to Trump's decision to go to war against Iran.Kent isn't the only one on the far right who is speaking out against…
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Democracy Is Eroding Faster Than Experts Predicted: A Trump Insider’s Resignation Helps Explain Why
ShareTrump is dismantling our American democracy with alarming speed and the resignation of the Trump-appointed Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, is a symptom of it.Kent, a hardcore MAGA Republican who ran two failed, Trump-endorsed campaigns for Congress before Trump put him in charge of counterterrorism, was adjacent to the very highest levels of our national security apparatus, had all the inside information, and not…
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