Donald Trump’s National Counterterrorism Center director, Joe Kent, resigned over the Iran war, accusing Israel of pressuring the U.S. into a conflict built on lies and claiming he could not support the war in good conscience.

Kent had privately confided in his ally, Vice President JD Vance, and Tulsi Gabbard before submitting his resignation, highlighting a rift between the non-interventionist Gabbard-Vance faction and hawkish Republicans in Trump’s circle.

He criticized Trump for abandoning his campaign’s non-interventionist principles and likened the situation to the lead-up to the Iraq War.

The resignation drew praise from “America First” figures like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Candace Owens, while Speaker Mike Johnson and Trump defended the war, citing Iran as an immediate threat, the Daily Mail has reported.

The controversy exposes deep divisions in Trumpworld amid rising gas prices and heightened tensions in the Persian Gulf.