The resignation that shakes the Trump administration. The head of the Counter-Terrorism Center: “Iran was not a threat, the war started under pressure from Israel”
Joseph Kent is the first and most senior official in the administration of US President Donald Trump to resign amid the war in Iran, writes Reuters.
The head of the National Counterterrorism Center resigned on Tuesday, saying Tehran did not pose an imminent threat to the United States.
Joseph Kent is the first and most senior official in US President Donald Trump's administration to resign amid the war between the US and Israel on February 28.
“I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran was not an imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war because of pressure from Israel and its powerful lobby,” Joseph Kent wrote in a letter to Trump published on X.
Intelligence officials were taken by surprise by this news, writes Reuters.
Kent is close to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who has remained low-key since the start of the war with Iran.
