Joe Kent resigning is a "good thing" President Trump says

President Trump Praises Resignation of NCTC Director Joe Kent Over Iran Policy Dispute

President Donald Trump described the resignation of National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent as a “good thing” during a White St. Patrick’s Day meeting at the White House with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin.

Trump commented on Kent’s departure, stating he had read the former director’s resignation statement and concluded it revealed Kent’s view that “Iran was not a threat.” Trump remarked, “I always thought he was a nice guy, but I always thought he was weak on security, very weak on security.”

Kent, who served under Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, stepped down Tuesday in protest of the ongoing U.S.-led regime-change strikes against Iran.

Gabbard has long opposed “regime-change wars.”Trump emphasized that Iran posed a clear threat, saying, “Iran was a threat. Every country realized what a threat Iran was. The question is whether or not they wanted to do something about it.”

He reiterated there is “no room” for Iran to pursue nuclear weapons, crediting the termination of the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal for averting what he called a potential “nuclear holocaust.”

“If I didn’t terminate Obama’s horrible deal that he made, the Iran nuclear deal, you would have had a nuclear war four years ago,” Trump said. “You would have had a nuclear holocaust, and you would have had it again if we didn’t bomb the site.”The president added that his administration has no place for doubters on this issue, underscoring a firm stance against Iranian nuclear ambitions and regional aggression.