Hey, everybody. I think we are live. Welcome to Morning Chaser. It's Tuesday morning. We're here, as we always are at 10 a.m. I am Andrew Eger, White House correspondent for the bulwark. This is Bill Crystal, our editor at large. He and I write the morning shots newsletter. And we are here to talk about some of the stuff we wrote about today, some of the stuff we didn't write about today, some of the stuff that has broken even just since we put this newsletter to bed mere moments ago. So you're getting some screaming fresh up-to-the-moment content on YouTube, if you happen to be one of the 10% of people who have actually tuned in as we went live and who are not going to join us in 10 or 15 minutes. But thanks for watching. Thanks, Bill, for being here. Let's talk a little bit about this thing that just happened, which is Joe Kent, who is the

director of the National Counterterrorism Center under Trump, top sort of Tulsi Gabbard ally for the

past few years, resigned from his position effective today over Trump's handling of the Iran war. Let's just look at

his letter that he just sent out. Again, this is just a few minutes ago. President Trump,

after much reflection, I've decided to resign from my position as director of the National

Counterterrorism Center, effective today. 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 your first administration, you understood better than any modern

president how to decisively apply military power without getting us drawn into never-ending wars.

But this is crazy. Early in this administration, high-ranking

Israeli officials and influential members of the American media deployed a misinformation campaign

that wholly undermined your America First Platform and sowed pro-war sentiments to encourage a war

with Iran. This echo chamber was used to deceive you into believing that Iran posed an imminent

threat to the United States,

and that you should strike now. There was a clear path to a swift victory. This was a lie and is the

same tactic the Israelis used to draw us into the disastrous Iraq war that cost our nation in the

lives of thousands of our best men and women. We cannot make this mistake again. It was an honor to

serve, jump into the bottom. It was an honor to serve, jump into the

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