Joe Kent, then-director of the National Counterterrorism Center, testifies in December during the House Homeland Security Committee hearing on "Worldwide Threats to the Homeland." Trump, after winning back the White House in that election, appointed Kent to a top position in the national security world. “I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. “The absurd allegation that President Trump made this decision based on the influence of others, even foreign countries, is both insulting and laughable,” she wrote. “Joe Kent is a crazed egomaniac who was often at the center of national security leaks, while rarely (never?)

Source: Huffington Post March 17, 2026 21:14 UTC