{"id":70743,"date":"2026-03-17T14:32:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/top-trump-counterterrorism-official-joe-kent-resigns-over-iran-saying-it-posed-no-imminent-threat-to-our-nation\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T14:32:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:32:20","slug":"top-trump-counterterrorism-official-joe-kent-resigns-over-iran-saying-it-posed-no-imminent-threat-to-our-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/top-trump-counterterrorism-official-joe-kent-resigns-over-iran-saying-it-posed-no-imminent-threat-to-our-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Trump counterterrorism official Joe Kent resigns over Iran, saying it &#8220;posed no imminent threat to our nation&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>President Trump&#8217;s director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, announced his immediate resignation Tuesday, citing the decision to begin a war against Iran when &#8220;Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kent, nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate last year, posted his <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/joekent16jan19\/status\/2033897242986209689?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">resignation letter on X<\/a> Tuesday morning, saying he &#8220;cannot support sending the next generation off to fight and die in a war that serves no benefit to the American people nor justifies the cost of American lives.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran,&#8221; Kent wrote. &#8220;Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-twitter-tweet embed--float-none embed--size-medium lazyload\" data-require=\"third-party\/twitter-widgets\">\n<div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.<\/p>\n<p>I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/prtu86DpEr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/prtu86DpEr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Kent (@joekent16jan19) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joekent16jan19\/status\/2033897242986209689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>He is the highest-ranking Trump administration official to announce his resignation over the Iran war.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kent said that before last June, which is when the U.S. and Israel struck Iran&#8217;s nuclear facilities, the president &#8220;understood that wars in the Middle East were a trap that robbed America of the precious lives of our patriots and depleted the wealth and prosperity of our nation.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He went on to accuse Israeli officials and some in the media of orchestrating a deception that led Mr. Trump into the war:\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Early in this administration, high-ranking Israeli officials and influential members of the American media deployed a misinformation campaign that wholly undermined your America First platform and sowed pro-war sentiments to encourage a war with Iran. This echo chamber was used to deceive you into believing that Iran posed an imminent threat to the United States, and that should you strike now, there was a clear path to a swift victory. This was a lie and is the same tactics the Israelis used to draw us into the disastrous Iraq war that cost the nation the lives of thousands of our best men and women.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;You can reverse course and chart a new path for our nation, or you can allow us to slip further toward decline and chaos,&#8221; he told the president. &#8220;You hold the cards.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Kent led U.S. counterterrorism and counternarcotics efforts and was the president&#8217;s principal counterterrorism adviser.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A retired Green Beret veteran, Kent was confirmed in July 2025, after Mr. Trump nominated him to the post in February 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  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