Top counterterrorism official resigns over the Iran war, saying "Iran posed no imminent threat"

2026-03-18 - 12:49

Joe Kent, President Trump's director of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned on Tuesday citing the Iran war and saying, "Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation." Kent, who was a controversial pick to lead the agency, is the first senior official to step down over the war and the first to resign during Mr. Trump's second term.