- Joe Kent, a counterterrorism chief for President Donald Trump, resigned in protest over the ongoing war in Iran, stating it was manufactured by Israel and its American lobby.
- Kent claimed in an interview that Israel drove the decision to initiate the conflict and that Iran was not close to developing a nuclear weapon, citing a 2004 fatwa against it.
- He asserted that Iran posed no imminent threat to the U.S. and that the war serves no benefit to the American people, drawing parallels to the Iraq war.
- The administration dismissed Kent's resignation as inconsequential, with Trump and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt downplaying his involvement in policy discussions.
- The war, which began on February 28, has resulted in significant casualties, economic disruption, and is opposed by a majority of Americans, according to recent polls.
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