A senior US intelligence official appointed by President Donald Trump abruptly announced he is stepping down from his post on Tuesday, citing misgivings about the administration’s war with Iran.

“After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today,” Joe Kent wrote in a post on X.

“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 war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby,” Kent added in the resignation letter he attached to the post.

  • WesternInfidels@feddit.onlineEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Trump said Tuesday that it’s a “good thing” Kent resigned over his objections to the war with Iran, deriding him as “very weak on security.”

    Yeah, I’ll say. What a loser! What kind of numbnuts hired that guy, anyway?

    • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      And if he was going along with the war, this guy would magically be a star that only someone like Trump himself could inspire. After all these years, it’s still amazing to me how transparently childish trump is. If you say yes to all his stupid ideas, you’re the best person alive. If you disagree with him on something of any importance, that immediately flips to you being a joke of a human, irredeemable as can be. A RaDiCaL lEfTisT even.