Trump counterterrorism chief resignation goes viral with 90 million of views

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Joe Kent
@joekent16jan19

After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my
position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center,
effective today.

I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran.
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.

It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and
leading the professionals at NCTC.

May God bless America.

Director of National Intelligence
National Counterterrorism Center

President Trump,
After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National
Counterterrorism Center, effective today.
I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. 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.
I support the values and the foreign policies that you campaigned on in 2016, 2020, 2024, which
you enacted in your first term. Until June of 2025, you understood that the wars in the Middle
East were a trap that robbed America of the precious lives of our patriots and depleted the wealth
and prosperity of our nation.
In your first administration, you understood better than any modern President how to decisively
apply military power without getting us drawn into never-ending wars. You demonstrated this by
killing Qasam Solamani and by defeating ISIS.
Early in this administration, high-ranking Israeli officials and influential members of the
American media deployed a misinformation campaign that wholly undermined your America
First platform and sowed pro-war sentiments to encourage a war with Iran. This echo chamber
was used to deceive you into believing that Iran posed an imminent threat to the United States,
and that should you strike now, there was a clear path to a swift victory. This was a lie and is the
same tactic the Israelis used to draw us into the disastrous Iraq war that cost our nation the lives
of thousands of our best men and women. We cannot make this mistake again.
As a veteran who deployed to combat 11 times and as a Gold Star husband who lost my beloved
wife Shannon in a war manufactured by Israel, I cannot support sending the next generation off
to fight and die in a war that serves no benefit to the American people nor justifies the cost of
American lives.
I pray that you will reflect upon what we are doing in Iran, and who we are doing it for. The time
for bold action is now. You can reverse course and chart a new path for our nation, or you can
allow us to slip further toward decline and chaos. You hold the cards.
It was an honor to serve in your administration and to serve our great nation.

Joseph Kent

Director, National Counterterrorism Center

Before Donald Trump’s top spy chief submitted his stunning resignation over the Iran war, he had secretly confided his plans to his closest political ally, JD Vance.

Joe Kent quit as Trump’s director of the National Counterterrorism Center on Tuesday in protest over the Iran war, accusing Israel of pressuring the US into a conflict he says was built on lies.

Kent, a close political ally of Vance and Tulsi Gabbard, presented his resignation letter to the Vice President 24 hours before dramatically stepping down from the administration.

His resignation lays bare a widening split inside Trumpworld. Kent accused high-ranking Israeli officials and members of the American media of running a ‘misinformation campaign’ to deceive the President into believing Iran posed an imminent threat, drawing a direct parallel to the lead-up to the Iraq war.

The divide pits the Gabbard-Vance non-interventionist faction against hawkish Republicans who back US support for Israel and a harder line on Tehran.

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