A senior US intelligence official appointed by President Donald Trump abruptly announced he is stepping down from his post on Tuesday, citing misgivings about the administration’s war with Iran.
“After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today,” Joe Kent wrote in a post on X.
“I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby,” Kent added in the resignation letter he attached to the post.
Okay I read until it started getting kooky, which is the election denial shit and defending Trump after the insurrection. I get it. He's an insincere nutcase.
But I would like to say that there are a lot of people who counterintuitively supported both Ron Paul and Bernie Sanders, and I think I can explain why. Both Ron Paul and Bernie Sanders clearly believe on a personal level that they are doing the right thing. It's rare to see politicians who don't give the impression of being slimebag liars.
Of course, their politics are completely incompatible with each other, but some people don't care about that. They just want a politician that they can trust to do what they said they're going to do.
But since he went on to support Trump, that reasoning all flies out the window. Maybe he was frequently dropped on his head as a child.