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Vanessa Esguerra

In a stunning twist, Trump’s top counterterrorism chief, Joe Kent, denies that Iran was ever close to nuclearization

After resigning as director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joseph Kent went on an interview with Tucker Carlson. The Trump administration had stated at the onset of the war that Iran was still pursuing nuclearization. Kent disputed the Trump administration’s claim.

“But here’s, from what I can tell, the central question: imminent threat,” Carlson prefaced in the interview. “Now, the president has said many times, to many people, including the public, ‘Iran can’t have nuclear weapons.'”

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