In recent weeks, the Trump administration has suffered two losses: Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, who resigned, and Pam Bondi, who was fired.
«When Joe Kent, (...) in protest of the Iran war, he blamed everyone except the person who launched it. In his resignation letter, addressed to President Trump, Kent portrays the president as a passive figure manipulated by others—“high-ranking Israeli officials” and “influential members of the American media”—rather than the most powerful person imposing his will upon the world. Again and again, Kent casts Trump, a two-term president, as someone swept up in events rather than driving them.
“I support the values and the foreign policies that you campaigned on in 2016, 2020, 2024, which you enacted in your first term,” Kent writes. “Until June of 2025, you understood that the wars in the Middle East were a trap that robbed America of the precious lives of our patriots and depleted the wealth and prosperity of our nation.” The alleged shift, Kent claims, was due to an Israeli and media-driven “misinformation campaign that wholly undermined your America First platform” and “was used to deceive you.”» (The Atlantic)
«President Donald Trump is reorganizing his cabinet just in time for spring cleaning. After weeks of rumors, he removed Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday afternoon. (...)
Bondi seemed to keep to one simple rule during her time in office: Do exactly as Trump says. When the president named a list of enemies to target—including former FBI director James Comey and New York attorney general Letitia James—Bondi sprang into action, making sure charges were filed on each in just over a month. While past attorneys general have stressed their independence, Bondi looked happy to play the loyalist.That may have been what Trump wanted, but not what he needed (...). Bondi’s efforts to please Trump ended up backfiring, for the administration and for her. » (The Free Press)
