Tulsi Gabbard’s top deputy Joe Kent resigned to protest Trump’s Iran War. His resignation letter to Trump:
“After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today. 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.
I support the foreign policy values you campaigned on. Until June of 2025, you understood that the wars in the Middle East were a trap the robbed America of the precious lives of our patriots and depleted the wealth and prosperity of our nation.
Early in this admin, 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 is the same tactic the Israelis used to draw us into the disastrous Iraq War.
As a veteran who deployed to combat 11 times and as a Gold Star husband who lost my beloved wife Shannon is a war manufactured by Israel, I cannot support sending the next generation to fight and die in a war that serves no benefit to the American people.”
