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Joe Kent Discusses Decision to Resign over Iran on Tucker Carlson Program
Joe Kent resigned over Iran war concerns, claiming sidelined officials and Israeli influence pushed the U.S. into conflict, with no imminent Iranian threat found, he said.
- On Wednesday, Joe Kent, former director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, sat for an extensive interview with Tucker Carlson, marking his first public comments since resigning.
- Kent resigned saying he 'cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran' and accused Israeli officials of a misinformation campaign blocking his views from President Donald Trump.
- The on‑camera interview lasted more than one hour and 40 minutes and examined Iran war topics plus the assassination of Charlie Kirk and government files on John F. Kennedy.
- The White House sharply rebuked Kent, with press secretary Karoline Leavitt calling the claims 'laughable', while some lawmakers and Jewish groups criticized his statements and Trump said Kent 'was weak on security'.
- A senior Trump administration official told CNN Kent had been sidelined from presidential intelligence briefings, which Kent says limited the intelligence community's ability to provide a 'sanity check', while Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declined to address his resignation at a Senate committee on Wednesday.
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Joe Kent, who resigned earlier this week from his role as director of the National Counterterrorism Center over his opposition to the war in Iran, offered a litany of baseless accusations about Israel while defending the Iranian regime in an appearance on Tucker Carlson’s program on Wednesday. Kent doubled down in the interview on an allegation made in his resignation statement that Israel coerced the U.S. into the war for its own benefit in com…
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Takeaways from former Trump administration counterterrorism chief Joe Kent’s extensive interview
Former US National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent sat Wednesday for an extensive interview with former Fox News host and right-wing podcaster Tucker Carlson, his first public comments since he resigned from his post, citing concerns about the war with Iran.
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