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Let's talk about Joe Kent quitting over Trump’s war....

Belle of the Ranch

Belle of the Ranch

Society & Culture

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Let's talk about Joe Kent quitting over Trump’s war....

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0:00.0

Well, howdy there, internet people, it's Bell again.

0:06.0

So today, we're going to talk about Joe Kent quitting over Trump's war.

0:13.0

Now, one thing I want to make clear from the outset to liberals,

0:17.0

Kent is not your ally. He's not your brother. He's not your friend. Look at him like

0:24.1

MTG. He is legitimately further right than Trump is. Now to the bio. He enlisted at 17. He became a ranger.

0:35.0

He was in the process of becoming a green beret when 9-11 happened.

0:39.8

By 2003, he was in Iraq. He was in Yemen. He was in North Africa.

0:46.4

Public records say 11 combat deployments.

0:50.3

After he left the army around 2018, he became a paramilitary officer for CIA special activities.

0:59.0

In 2019, his wife, who was a warrior in her own right, was killed in an attack in Syria.

1:07.4

After that, he left government service and became involved in far-right politics.

1:13.6

By 2025, he was Trump's lead at the National Counterterrorism Center.

1:19.6

This is the man who just resigned in protest over the Iran War.

1:24.6

Not some woke lip, not some rhino. This guy is far right. When posting his resignation

1:32.4

letter, he said, quote, after much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as

1:39.4

director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.

1:48.3

I cannot, in good conscience, support the ongoing war in Iran.

1:51.9

Iran pose no imminent threat to our nation.

1:56.4

His full resignation letter is quite the read,

1:59.4

and will be the topic of a lot of debate and discussion.

2:06.5

Kent says the war is for Israel, that Trump is in an echo chamber, and heavily implies Trump has sold out the America First ideals. I don't want to get lost in the weeds.

2:13.5

Trump's director of the National Counterterrorism Center, a ranger, Green Beret, Paramilitary Officer,

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