Trump again fumes at former MAGA faithful in lengthy rant including ‘sleazebag’ former counterterrorism chief Joe Kent

NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsTrump again fumes at former MAGA faithful in lengthy rant including ‘sleazebag’ former counterterrorism chief Joe KentThe president also attacked conservative commentators including Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens and Megyn Kelly, who have all criticized the Iran warJosh Marcus in San Francisco Thursday 16 April 2026 23:57 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2959458","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-maga-truth-social-carlson-kent-b2959458.html","title":"Trump fumes at ‘sleazebag’ former counterterrorism chief Joe Kent in online rant"}}CloseBongino slams Joe Kent’s claim Iran posed ‘no imminent threat’ to USSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailGet our free Inside Washington emailEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_INSIDE_WASHINGTON","regTitle":"Inside Washington","subscriptionGroup":"inside_washington","subscriptionGroupId":"af764e04-87eb-45e6-a84b-a7455ba70a1e","type":"inside_washington","pathPrefix":"/news/world/americas/us-politics","associatedAuthors":["Eric Garcia","John Bowden"],"title":"Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox","mobileTitle":"Get our free Inside Washington email","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/insideWashington1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveInsideWashingtonNews...