If Iran violates the ceasefire and no one responds to it, it reminds me a bit of the behavior before October 7.
We must not let them feel like they can manage us.
I call on Mr. President to wake up.
THIS IS EMBARRASSING.
.@PlanetTyrus: If Trump Walks Away, Israel + Hell Is Coming For Iran 🔥
“If President Trump said, you know what? Israel and... Kuwait and a lot of places that Iran fired at — you guys handle it. There would be no more Iran. It would be completely gone… Israel's coming and hell's coming with them.”
There were massive international protests over George Floyd and those police involved were severely punished with long prison sentences, yet the police responsible here did not even lose their jobs!
An incredibly unjust double-standard!
��� BREAKING: Speaker Johnson fires back at former NCTC Director Joe Kent — who just resigned — saying Iran was not an "imminent threat"
"I don't know where Joe Kent is getting this information, but he wasn't in those briefings, clearly!"
"Had the president waited, we would have had mass casualties."
"That proposition at the end is clearly wrong. I'm on the Gang of 8. I got all the briefings. We all understood there was clearly an imminent threat, that Iran was very close to the enrichment of nuclear capability and they were building missiles at a pace that no one in the region could keep up with."
"They were far outpacing our allies and friends and us in our defense capability because we had personnel installations, members of the armed services, and civilians in the region."
"Iran was building up ballistic missiles at such a rapid pace and we knew that their plan was to fire them upon Americans."
"The Commander-in-Chief and his administration had a very difficult decision to make."
"The Secretary of State, the Secretary of War, and everyone, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Kane, they had exquisite intelligence and we understood that this was a serious moment for us."
"We had to, the President felt that he had to strike first to prevent those mass casualties."
🚨 SHOCKING BETRAYAL: Joe Kent’s Exit Just Handed Ammo to Antisemites & the Radical Left – Why True MAGA Patriots Are Furious! 🇺🇸
I have ZERO issue with Joe Kent resigning.
But tying his exit to 'Israel pressure' & the 'powerful American lobby'?
That's straight-up antisemitic poison—especially now, with surging attacks on Jews nationwide, podcasts & media painting Israel as worse than child-raping terrorists chanting 'Death to America.'
It hands ammo to the real enemies while smearing Trump & Republicans at the worst possible time.
Democrats would NEVER sabotage their own side like this—they play to win.
Meanwhile, some so-called 'principled' Republicans won't rest until we're under a Newsom-style communist regime, jailing dissenters for speech.
Kent should've exited like Bongino: gracefully, no drama.
Prayers for him—losing his wife was tragic—but using your departure to undermine the movement & the President?
When we're literally battling the devil in the Democrat Party?
That's not principle. That's betrayal.
America First means loyalty to Trump & the fight—not fake virtue signaling that helps the left & antisemites.
Who's with me? Drop a 🔥 if you're DONE with the backstabbing!
#MAGA #AmericaFirst #NoMoreBackstabbing #Trump2024 #StopTheSabotage
@joekent16jan19
There are many false claims in this letter but let me address one specifically: that "Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation."
This is the same false claim that Democrats and some in the liberal media have been repeating over and over.
As President Trump has clearly and explicitly stated, he had strong and compelling evidence that Iran was going to attack the United States first.
This evidence was compiled from many sources and factors. President Trump would never make the decision to deploy military assets against a foreign adversary in a vacuum.
Iran is the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism.
The Iranian regime is evil. It proudly killed Americans, waged war against our country, and openly threatened us all the way up to the launch of Operation Epic Fury.
Iran was aggressively expanding their short-range ballistic missiles to combine with their naval assets to give themselves immunity – meaning they would have a degree of a capabilities that would give them immunity to hold us and the rest of the world hostage.
The regime aimed to use those ballistic missiles as a shield to continue achieving their ultimate goal – nuclear weapons.
The President, through his top negotiators, gave the regime every single possible opportunity to abandon this unacceptable course by permanently giving up their nuclear ambitions in exchange for sanctions relief, free nuclear fuel, and potential economic partnerships with our country.
But they would not say yes to peace because obtaining nuclear weapons was their fundamental goal.
President Trump ultimately made the determination that a joint attack with Israel would greatly reduce the risk to American lives that would come from a first strike by the terrorist Iranian regime and address this imminent threat to America’s national security interests.
All of this led to President Trump arriving at the determination that this military operation was necessary for U.S. national security, which is why he launched the massively successful Operation Epic Fury.
The Commander-in-Chief determines what does and does not constitute a threat, because he is the one constitutionally empowered to do so - and because the American people went to the ballot box and entrusted him and him alone to make such final judgments.
And finally, the absurd allegation that President Trump made this decision based on the influence of others, even foreign countries, is both insulting and laughable. President Trump has been remarkably consistent and has said for DECADES that Iran can NEVER possess a nuclear weapon.
As someone who actually witnesses President Trump’s decision-making process on a daily basis, I can attest to the fact that he is always looking to do what’s in the best interest of the United States of America — period.
America First.
What a Self-Serving JERK. This JOE KENT character walks out on his COUNTER-TERRORISM job after America has had FOUR terror attacks in a single MONTH? He has “concerns” about Iran? JOE KENT was supposed to SERVE the People. INSTEAD he makes a Nasty political Maneuver bc he wants to “be somebody” in a post Trump world. Aint happening. He will lose, just like he LOST a very winnable congressional Seat. I am so Furious with these Selfish “out for themselves” People!!!
The resignation of Joe Kent as the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center could not have come at a better time. In his statement, explaining why he’s resigning in protest, Mr. Kent is echoing the Democratic talking points, which are devoid of fact or evidence. Hopefully, the person replacing Mr. Kent will have a better understanding of the threats presented by the Iranian regime.
Mr. Kent said that Iran posed no imminent threat to the United States. Clearly, he did not go to work enough.
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Gold Star wife here.
When ISIS killed your wife, you supported going after the people responsible. You understood exactly why we were fighting and never called it “Israel’s war.”
My husband, Alan, was killed by Iranian proxies in Iraq. And now, after decades, the fight is finally leading back to the number one state sponsor of terrorism in the world.
You understood it when it was your loss. Now you’re minimizing it when it’s mine.
You don’t get to redefine this war just because it’s not your grief anymore.
🚨 BREAKING in Times Square RIGHT NOW:
Radical protesters at the “Quds Rally” openly proclaim “We Proclaim Our Support for Islamic Republic” while crowds scream “Shame Shame USA!”
Deport them all.
🚨 BREAKING: Democrat Sen. John Fetterman breaks with his party and publicly backs President Trump after “Operation Epic Fury.” While Democrats push a War Powers vote, Fetterman’s tone is pure support, no distancing, no caveats