Joseph Kent, a former soldier in the special forces, is the first high-ranking official to resign from the Trump administration to express his disagreement with the current conflict being led by Washington in Iran. “I cannot, in good conscience, support the war currently unfolding in Iran,” said the director of the National Center for Counterterrorism in his resignation letter addressed to President Donald Trump and shared on X.
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“Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation,” continued this veteran, a former member of the special forces, then of the CIA. He is not a familiar face to Americans, but his background obviously lends weight to his words. He aligned with the Trump camp in the 2020s, but was unable to get elected to Congress. Therefore, he was appointed as the director of the National Center for Counterterrorism.
Joseph Kent wrote in his resignation letter: “It is clear that we initiated this war under the pressure of Israel and its powerful American lobby.” He describes the wars in the Middle East as “traps” that cost America “precious lives.” Joe Kent lost his military wife in an attack by the Islamic State group in Syria in 2019.
He claims to have long supported Donald Trump’s foreign policy, which had managed to avoid “endless wars.” In his view, the president was influenced by a disinformation campaign led by influential media figures and Israeli officials. A campaign that undermined the “America First” program. Therefore, Joseph Kent declares that he cannot support a war that brings no benefit to the American people.
On the other hand, Donald Trump described this resignation as a “good thing.” “I always thought he was weak on security,” the American president reacted to journalists in the Oval Office.
