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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Mar 18, 2026, 02:00 PM 19 hrs ago

'It's insulting': Leavitt pans Joe Kent over White House resignation

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt panned former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent on Wednesday, telling Fox News that his resignation letter was rife with inaccuracies and saying it had been “a while” since he played an active role in President Donald Trump’s intelligence briefings.

“I think the president views it as deeply unfortunate that this individual, who the president gave the privilege of working for the administration, put out this resignation on government letterhead with many falsehoods throughout,” Leavitt said without describing the “falsehoods.” “Essentially accusing the president of being manipulated by foreign governments.”

Kent stunned the White House when he announced on social media that he was leaving the NCTC due to his opposition to “the ongoing war in Iran.” Tehran posed “no imminent threat,” and Trump, he said, had been duped by an Israeli “misinformation campaign.”

“This echo chamber was used to deceive you into believing that Iran posed an imminent threat to the United States, and that should you strike now, there was a clear path to a swift victory,” Kent wrote in the letter.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/insulting-leavitt-pans-joe-kent-144428612.html

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'It's insulting': Leavitt pans Joe Kent over White House resignation (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 19 hrs ago OP
Trump already SAID he did it for Israel leftstreet 19 hrs ago #1
Marco came right out and said it, but they can change what they said right away and nobody pays any attention Walleye 19 hrs ago #3
Ain't that the truth! AZJonnie 19 hrs ago #4
Joe Kent still looks good on TV. That's all that counts, right Walleye 19 hrs ago #2
TSF picked Kent. TSF picked Noem. Sneederbunk 17 hrs ago #5

Walleye

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3. Marco came right out and said it, but they can change what they said right away and nobody pays any attention
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 02:04 PM
19 hrs ago

I notice they love to bring out things that Democrats said decades ago and use it against them

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