Donald Trump in trouble as rift emerges within his team over Iran war; senior officer

 Joe Kent News: In a significant development, a senior official in Donald Trump’s team has stepped down amid the escalating conflict between the United States and Iran. The decision has raised serious questions about his policy of going to war with Iran. “My conscience tells me that I cannot support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no immediate threat to our country, and it is clear that we entered this war under pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby,” Joe Kent, the Director of the US Counterterrorism Center, told US President Donald Trump.

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