President Donald Trump lashed out at conservative figures in a Truth Social rant on Thursday, slamming a host of former allies in the right-wing media and name-checking Joe Kent, the Trump administration counterterrorism chief who resigned in March and criticized the Iran war. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe was really a SLEAZEBAG, and some would say, on top of it all, A LEAKER!\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cI don\u2019t know whether or not that was true, but next time, NO MORE MR. NICE GUY! Kent is a LOSER, just like Tucker [Carlson], Candace [Owens], Megyn [Kelly] and the rest of them are LOSERS.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump also attacked the right-wing broadcasters last week in a similar rant, writing, \u201cThey think it is wonderful for Iran, the Number One State Sponsor of Terror, to have a Nuclear Weapon \u2014 Because they have one thing in common, Low IQs.\u201d<\/p>\n
In his Thursday post, President Trump claimed he gave Kent the job leading the National Counterterrorism Center in sympathy, after the former special forces operative was defeated in multiple congressional campaigns and lost his wife to an ISIS attack in Syria.<\/p>\n
Trump wrote on Truth Social that he met Kent at the dignified transfer ceremony at a military base in Delaware in which her remains were returned to the U.S.<\/p>\n
In a Truth Social rant on Thursday, President Trump attacked the recently resigned National Counterterrorism Center director Joe Kent, accusing the Iran war critic of being a \u2018sleazebag\u2019 and a leaker (AFP\/Getty)\u201cWhile I didn\u2019t know him other than our brief Dover encounter, but feeling sorry for him after the two Election losses, I told my people, \u2018Hire him for the White House. Give him a job, make him feel good, he lost his wife and two Elections,\u2019\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cThey did so and, while I rarely saw him, I certainly didn\u2019t expect disloyalty, but that\u2019s what I got.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Independent has contacted Kent for comment.<\/p>\n
The former official has vocally criticized the war since resigning.<\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Trump is sending more military power to the Middle East as Iran rejects our initial peace offers\u2014setting the escalation trap,\u201d he wrote on X on Wednesday, adding, \u201cWe must learn from our past and recognize when it is time to cut our losses and walk away. In the end, working to restore order will strengthen America far more than any military action ever could.\u201d<\/p>\n
Throughout Thursday afternoon, Trump railed online against his critics, bashing a Washington federal judge for halting his ballroom project at the White House and accusing New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani of \u201cdestroying\u201d the city with his tax policies. The men had previously struck up a surprisingly friendly rapport. <\/p>\n
This is a breaking news story and will be updated with new information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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