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Trump Slams Joe Kent as Weak on Security After Iran Resignation

March 18, 2026·about 5 hours ago·via The Seattle Times
Trump Slams Joe Kent as Weak on Security After Iran Resignation
President Trump fires back at Joe Kent, his top counterterrorism director at the National Counterterrorism Center, calling him a "nice guy" but "weak on security" after Kent resigns over the Iran war. Kent, a combat veteran with 11 deployments and a Gold Star husband who lost his wife in Syria, blasts the conflict in his public letter, insisting Iran posed no imminent threat to America and accusing Israel and its lobby of dragging the U.S. into unnecessary bloodshed. Read more about this...

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