“Shut The F*CK Up!” Joe Kent Quits Over Israel & Trump Attacks ‘Weak’ NATO | With Glenn Beck

Piers Morgan Uncensored

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🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Joe Kent - a Gold Star husband, retired Green Beret, and veteran of 11 combat tours - has dramatically resigned as the U.S.’s top counterterrorism official, just days after being appointed by President Donald Trump. In a statement, Kent said he could not support the ongoing war in Iran, arguing the country posed no imminent threat and claiming the conflict was driven by pressure from Israel and its allies. His remarks have sparked fierce backlash, with prominent conservative voices calling for scrutiny of his actions. Trump has since distanced himself from Kent, publicly criticizing his judgment. The fallout highlights growing divisions within the conservative movement over the war. Meanwhile, tensions continue to rise globally, with Trump now warning NATO allies over the Strait of Hormuz and even threatening to reconsider U.S. involvement in the alliance. Piers Morgan is joined by his panel of retired US army officer and commanding general, Ben Hodges, former UK ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran, Sir Richard Dalton, founder and CEO of The Young Turks, Cenk Uygur and co-host of The Verdict With Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson. Piers is also joined by founder of Blaze Media, Glenn Beck, Iranian activist Masih Alinejad and former Iran women's soccer player, Shiva Amini, who fled the country after being photographed playing without a hijab. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	How this works out, I don't know, could be fabulous, could be World War III.
0:06.6	When the Americans ask Britain to help, we've got to say yes, that is part of special relationship.
0:12.2	You're a kind of British policy, I'm afraid, is a travest theme.
0:15.2	Hang on.
0:16.4	The straight, four moves.
0:17.3	The idea that Donald Trump didn't think of it, that is one of the biggest narrative lies I've seen in a long time. Just to correct you on one thing, Trump literally
0:24.2	said yesterday, nobody expected that about straight and Fulmoose.
0:31.4	Every time I start talking, some Israel first son of a bitch comes in and starts talking over me.
0:36.1	America first, right there, American flag, bro. Oh, yeah, yeah, my ass. Chey, for 15 minutes, you managed to stay relatively calm. Don't blow it out. No, they spent billions on day one of the wall. Now, you're cutting me off, Pierce. There's a tiny amounts of money you're talking about. Tiny amounts of money. Yeah. Pe Pierce, are you mental?
0:56.5	$337 million!
1:05.9	Joe Kent is a gold star husband, a retired Green Beret and a veteran of 11 combat tours across 20 years service in the US Army.
1:08.0	He blamed the October 7th terror attack on America's failure to curtail Iran's threat.
1:13.2	And amid a flurry of media criticism about reported links to far-right groups,
1:17.4	he publicly disavowed the likes of Nick Fuentes.
1:20.3	All of this earned him the endorsement of the American conservative commentators as he sought political office.
1:24.8	President Trump then appointed him as the top counterterrorism official in the US, a position from which he dramatically resigned yesterday.
1:32.4	His statement said, I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation.
1:38.8	It's clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and his powerful American lobby.
1:43.3	Well, Joe Kent is now facing the full force of the war-spin machine
1:46.1	spearheaded by Ben Shapiro, Lindsay Graham and Mark Levine,
1:50.0	who says he should be investigated for espionage.
1:52.8	What are you doing? You're giving aid and comfort to a lie.
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