This ultra-maga republican's resignation over Trump's Iran war (which he says is due to pressure from Israel) is wild

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28. close, very good

Trump says Joe Kent was ‘weak on security’ in reaction to his resignation

“I always thought he was weak on security. Very weak on security. It’s a good thing that he’s out.”

Trump added that if someone in his administration did not believe Iran was a threat, “we don’t want those people.”

“They’re not smart people, or they’re not savvy people,” the president said. “Iran was a tremendous threat.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/donald-trump-reacts-to-joe-kent-resigning-over-iran-war/ar-AA1YQud4


...from Trump's 2021 endorsement of Kent in the WA-3 primary in which he defeated Jaime Herrera Buetler – one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach him after January 6th – and then lost in the 2022 general to Dem now-Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez:

"Joe Kent is a retired Green Beret and Gold Star husband running against RINO and incompetent Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler in the 3rd District of the State of Washington. Joe served his country proudly for many years and understands the tremendous cost of America's wars in the Middle East, and elsewhere. In Congress, Joe will be a warrior for the America First agenda, unlike Jaime Herrera Beutler who voted, despite the facts, against the Republican Party and for the Democrats' Impeachment Scam […blah blah blah…] I met Joe at Dover Air Force Base on the evening that his wife was being brought back from the Middle East, where she had been killed in combat. It was a very sad moment in Joe's life, but I was incredibly impressed with him and told him that he should someday run for office – we need his voice and leadership in Washington, DC…"

ht: https://nationalzero.com/2026/03/17/hardcore-maga-counterterrorism-official-quits-rips-trump/