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Joe Kent: “When President Trump came back into office, they [Iran]…”

Featuring: Joe Kent, Far-right, America First | Former Candidate, U.S. House Washington, District 3

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Joe Kent Reveals All in First Interview Since Resigning as Trump's Counterterrorism Director

Published | Video Starts at 23:08

For instance, in the lead up to the 12 day war before Midnight Hammer, the Iranians didn't attack us. They were engaged in negotiations with us. When President Trump came back into office, they [Iran] stopped their proxies who were attacking us under the Biden administration because they knew Biden was weak. they stopped their proxies from attacking us as well. So they knew President Trump was someone who wanted to negotiate. (23:08–23:16)

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Claims Iran halted proxy attacks when Trump returned to office, perceiving Biden as weak.

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