What to know about Joe Kent, Trump's former counterterrorism chief

The Trump counterterrorism official who resigned Tuesday had been a staunch supporter of the president through his 2020 election defeat, the Jan. 6 riots and years of conservative media advocacy and failed congressional bids. But the president's war in Iran and his alliance with Israel against the Islamic clerics who led the Tehran government were too much for Joe Kent. Kent's resignation deprives Trump of a once-staunch ally and also highlights the former Army Green Beret's previous ties to antisemitism and right-wing extremism. Kent had 11 combat tours, mostly in Iraq, but became an opponent of U.S. interventionism after his wife was killed in Syria in 2019.