Joe Kent Says JD Vance, Tulsi Gabbard ‘In A Tough Spot’ Over Trump’s Iran Conflict
SiriusXM host Megyn Kelly asked Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent on Friday if President Donald Trump initiating a conflict with Iran put Vice President JD Vance and Director of National…
SiriusXM host Megyn Kelly asked Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent on Friday if President Donald Trump initiating a conflict with Iran put Vice President JD Vance and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard “in a tough spot.”
Vance and Gabbard had both expressed opposition to war in the Middle East prior to joining the second Trump administration. Kent said on “The Megyn Kelly Show” that the two foreign-war skeptics were doing the best they could while confirming they were “in a tough spot.”
WATCH:
“They’ve been put in a tough spot. And I know that I put them in a tough spot,” Kent said. “And again, that’s why I wanted to give them a heads up and just say, ‘Hey, I’m resigning. I do plan on making it public. I want to attempt to reach President Trump from the outside to let him know that he still has options and there is a pathway for him to get us off of this trajectory.’ And then also just to thank them for the opportunity to serve once again.”
“But yeah, they’re in a hard spot. I mean, they’re doing everything I think they can to serve our country and to put it on a good trajectory and to support the president of the United States,” he added. “I was just in a different role and I didn’t feel that I could do that any longer. So, I offered my resignation.”
Vance said on Wednesday that Kent’s resignation was a positive development.
“I like Joe Kent, you heard the president of the United States say yesterday that he likes Joe Kent too. But it’s one thing to have a disagreement of opinion … whatever your view is, when the president of the United States makes a decision, it’s your job to make that decision as effective and successful as possible,” Vance said. “And so the president said this yesterday, if you are on the team and you can’t help implement the decisions of his administration, he has the right to make those decisions, then it’s a good thing for you to resign and I think that’s exactly right.”