Hi there, everybody. It's Wargwaga, New York. It is day 18 of the war with Iran, and here's where things stand.

13 U.S. soldiers have been killed. More than 200 troops have been injured. More than 2,000 people are dead across the Middle East.

The Israeli military says it has

killed a top leader of the Iranian regime raising the possibility that hardliners there will

double down on fighting the war. Here at home, as gas prices continue to rise, and Trump's chief

economic advisor insists that the impact on the average consumer is the last of the administration's concerns.

The divide inside the MAGA movement over Iran is raging. It has burst wide open with a high-profile

resignation today. Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, and a top

advisor to the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard,

announced his resignation on X today. In a letter he writes this, quote, 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 values and the foreign policies that you campaigned on in 2016,

2020, 2024, which you enacted in your first term. Until June of 2025, you understood that the wars in the Middle East were a trap that robbed America of the precious lives of our patriots and depleted the wealth and prosperity of our nation.

In the Oval Office today, Donald Trump said that Kent is wrong about Iran not being a threat and that he was, quote, weak on security, which raises the question of why

Donald Trump appointed him to be one of his top national security officials in the first place.

Now, Joe Kent is not someone that Donald Trump can just dismiss.

He is not some sort of rhino or squish.

He is as MAGA as they come. Donald Trump endorsed both of Mr. Kent's failed

runs for Congress. Kent is an election denier through and through. He peddled the fringe

conspiracy theory that the FBI instigated the January 6th insurrection. He's appeared alongside

far-right militia groups and associated with

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