"There must certainly be a word-stacking German term for the uncanny feeling of watching as a patently unqualified, far-right, election-denier white nationalist freak becomes the only administration figure to resign over the increasingly disastrous Iran War with an at least vaguely antisemitic gripe. It is an interesting moment."

~ Josh Marshall

#JoeKent #Trump #antisemitism #MAGA #zionism #WhiteChristianNationalism
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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-curious-case-of-election-denying-white-supremacist-freakshow-joe-kent

"His social media post reportedly blindsided top officials, triggering internal panic and a rapid backlash from Trump and allies, who denounced his claims and questioned his credibility."

#JoeKent #Trump #antisemitism #MAGA #zionism #WhiteChristianNationalism
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"According to the Daily Beast, the sudden resignation of National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent over the Iran war sparked chaos inside the White House after he publicly posted a scathing letter claiming Iran posed no imminent threat and accusing the administration of being influenced into the conflict."

~ Aaron Parnas

#JoeKent #Trump #antisemitism #MAGA #zionism #WhiteChristianNationalism
/5

https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-republican-voters-express-regret

"Suspend for a moment the question of whether and to what degree Kent is a hero or a villain. The more interesting point now is that he sees political promise in turning on Trump at all."

~ Andrew Egger

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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/joe-kent-and-the-fading-maga-allure-iran-america-first-terrorism-war-churchill-trump

It's relevant, I think, to November because if Mr. Trump is going to succeed in breaking the November election in order to stay in power, He'll have to have around him a tight, cohesive elite that really sincerely believes, for whatever set of bad reasons, that it's worth sacrificing the republic for this person. I think what we're seeing is just objectively coolly."

#JoeKent #Trump #antisemitism #MAGA #zionism #WhiteChristianNationalism
/3

"Whereas the Christian Zionists tend to think that a war in the Middle East might be a good thing because it will propel Jews and Christians alike towards a kind of apocalypse, which is to be wished. So in foreign policy, those two different groups in the Trump elite may disagree as they now seem to be doing. How is this relevant for the rest of us?"

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