Trump Counterterrorism Chief Resigns Over Iran War, Citing Israel Pressure
Joe Kent resigns as director of the National Counterterrorism Center, arguing the U.S.-Israel war with Iran was unnecessary and Iran posed no imminent threat, and that the conflict was driven by Israeli lobbying. His letter states the resignation is effective immediately, marking the first senior Trump administration departure over the war; he notes his wife Shannon Kent's death in a 2019 ISIS bombing as part of his personal context.