Trump's Counterterrorism Chief Resigns over Iran War, Criticizes "Pressure from Israel"

A top national security official resigned from the Trump administration Tuesday in response to the war on 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,” Joe Kent, who served as director of the National Counterterrorism Center, wrote in his resignation letter.

We speak with Josh Paul, a former State Department official who resigned in 2023 to protest the Biden administration’s Gaza policy.