{"id":97973,"date":"2026-03-17T14:35:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/iran-posed-no-threat-trumps-counterterror-chief-resigns-cites-israel-pressure\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T14:35:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:35:48","slug":"iran-posed-no-threat-trumps-counterterror-chief-resigns-cites-israel-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/iran-posed-no-threat-trumps-counterterror-chief-resigns-cites-israel-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Iran posed no threat&#8217;: Trump&#8217;s counterterror chief resigns, cites Israel &#8216;pressure&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A top counterterrorism official, Joe Kent, resigned, stating Iran posed no imminent threat and the US-Iran conflict was driven by Israeli pressure and misinformation. Kent, a veteran and Gold Star husband, cited his personal losses and the deceptive tactics used to push for war, echoing the Iraq War&#8217;s origins. He urged President Trump to reconsider the current path.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A top counterterrorism official, Joe Kent, resigned, stating Iran posed no imminent threat and the US-Iran conflict was driven by Israeli pressure and misinformation. Kent, a veteran and Gold Star husband, cited his personal losses and the deceptive tactics used to push for war, echoing the Iraq War&#8217;s origins. He urged President Trump to reconsider&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/iran-posed-no-threat-trumps-counterterror-chief-resigns-cites-israel-pressure\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8216;Iran posed no threat&#8217;: Trump&#8217;s counterterror chief resigns, cites Israel &#8216;pressure&#8217;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":97974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97973"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}