Joe Kent is the former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, a Green Beret who served 20 years in the U.S. Army, including 11 combat deployments, earning six Bronze Stars.
Joe Kent Reveals All in First Interview Since Resigning as Trump’s Counterterrorism Director
– Tucker Carlson
Video description: Joe Kent is a former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center and the President’s principal counterterrorism advisor, who served 20 years in the U.S. Army with 11 combat deployments fighting terrorist networks with the 75th Ranger Regiment, Army Special Forces, and U.S. Army Special Operations Command, earning six Bronze Stars. Joe is also a Gold Star husband whose first wife, Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent, also served and was killed while fighting ISIS in Syria in 2019. [March 19, 2026]
Behind-the-Scenes of Trump Admin Ahead of Iran War and Potential FBI Leak Investigation, w/ Joe Kent
– Megyn Kelly
Video description: Megyn Kelly [former Fox News host] is joined by Joe Kent, former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, to speak out for the first time about the reports he’s being investigated by the FBI for leaking to the media during his time in the Trump administration, whether he leaked info about Mark Levin to Tucker Carlson, the allegation he leaked about Charlie Kirk to Candace Owens, and more. [March 19, 2026]
- They also discuss what really happened behind-the-scenes in the Trump administration in the weeks leading up to the Iran war,
- the influence of neocons and foreign officials in Trump’s decision-making,
- critiques about him speaking out against the president during a war,
- how VP JD Vance and DNI Tulsi Gabbard fit with Trump’s current Iran policy,
- Kent’s interactions with Vance, Gabbard, and Trump the night before his resignation letter,
- whether he was frozen out of meetings with President Trump and other top officials,
- why Kent believes there’s much more to investigate related to the Charlie Kirk assassination,
- why the FBI could take the lead on the potential “transtifa” connection,
- whether foreign actors were involved in any way,
- what drew him to President Trump during the 2016 GOP primary,
- why his past foreign policy “moral clarity” on Iraq and Middle East was so appealing,
- Kent’s lengthy military service, and more.
Joe Kent Discusses His Resignation over the Iran War
– The American Conservative
Video description: Andrew Day and Harrison Berger talk to Joe Kent about his resignation this week from his position as head of the National Counterterrorism Center. [Recorded March 20, 2026]
A new video by The American Conservative Magazine, a publication of the American Ideas Institute.
Joe Kent: “I will not in good conscience send young men & women off to die on foreign battlefields.”
-C-SPAN
Video Description: Former U.S. National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent: “I will not in good conscience send young men and women off to die on foreign battlefields…We’re at a critical juncture in the war in Iran; we need to let our leaders hear that we do not support this war. We do not think there’s a vital national security interest. We want to bring our troops home. We want to work towards peace in that region. We do not want 20+ more years of bloodletting.” [March 19, 2026]
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