{"id":235066,"date":"2026-04-17T11:54:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T11:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/donald-trump-rages-against-sleazebag-former-ally-says-he-gave-them-a-white-house-job-because-he-felt-bad-for-them\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T11:54:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T11:54:21","slug":"donald-trump-rages-against-sleazebag-former-ally-says-he-gave-them-a-white-house-job-because-he-felt-bad-for-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/donald-trump-rages-against-sleazebag-former-ally-says-he-gave-them-a-white-house-job-because-he-felt-bad-for-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Rages Against \u2018Sleazebag\u2019 Former Ally, Says He Gave Them a White House Job Because He Felt Bad for Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> continues to turn on anyone who speaks out against him, even allies that he hired to work with his administration. <\/p>\n<p>On Thursday (April 16), the 79-year-old president dissed yet another person who has spoken out against the ongoing war in Iran, labeling them a \u201csleazebag\u201d and accusing them of leaking sensitive information. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump<\/strong> went on to compare them to a multitude of other former allies that he\u2019s turned on, labeling them all \u201clow IQ\u201d and \u201closers,\u201d saying they were \u201cborn that way.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hidearticle\"><em>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"more-2197170\"><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s latest target was <strong>Joe Kent<\/strong>, the former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, who resigned from his post a month ago as an act of protest against <strong>Trump<\/strong>\u2018s military action against the Middle Eastern country. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho\u2019s dumber, Tucker Carlson or Joe Kent?\u201d he started a post on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116416663301119812\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116416663301119812&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Truth Social<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Continuing, he recalled his first interactions with Kent, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s very interesting! I met Joe Kent at Dover Air Force Base, along with numerous others who had lost their loved ones in War. I said hello to all of the families. Kent, horribly, lost his wife. Her casket was being brought to Dover, along with the rest, although he married again, quite quickly, in my opinion.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn any event, a number of years later, I noticed the same person was running for Congress in Washington State, and lost. I then noticed a couple of years later, he was running again, and lost,\u201d <strong>Trump<\/strong> said. \u201cWhile I didn\u2019t know him other than our brief Dover encounter, but feeling sorry for him after the two Election losses, I told my people, \u2018Hire him for the White House. Give him a job, make him feel good, he lost his wife and two Elections,\u2019 \u201d <strong>Trump<\/strong> alleged, adding that he still \u201crarely saw\u201d <strong>Kent<\/strong> after he got his government job. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI certainly didn\u2019t expect disloyalty, but that\u2019s what I got. He was really a SLEAZEBAG, and some would say, on top of it all, A LEAKER! I don\u2019t know whether or not that was true, but next time, NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!\u201d he raged. \u201cKent is a LOSER, just like Tucker, Candace, Megyn, and the rest of them are LOSERS \u2014 You\u2019re born that way, LOW IQ, and there\u2019s not a d\u2014 thing they\u2019re going to be able to do about it!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>While announcing his decision to resign on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DV_Pv6Zgow7\/\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DV_Pv6Zgow7\/&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <strong>Kent<\/strong> wrote, \u201cI cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump<\/strong>\u2018s attack comes after<strong> Kent<\/strong> appeared on former Fox anchor <strong>Tucker Carlson<\/strong>\u2018s podcast. The president recently said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/04\/08\/trump-attacks-longtime-ally-says-he-wont-take-their-calls-after-they-deem-his-easter-statement-vile-on-every-level\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he stopped taking <strong>Carlson<\/strong>\u2018s calls<\/a> after his former ally slammed a profanity laced Easter morning threat against Iran. <\/p>\n<p>He has repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/04\/09\/trump-turns-on-longtime-allies-blasts-them-as-losers-just-trying-to-latch-on-to-maga-amid-criticism-of-iran-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">targeted former MAGA friends<\/a> for not sticking with his messaging about Iran and recent comparisons that he appears to be drawing between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/04\/14\/trump-turns-on-riley-gaines-another-ally-over-ai-jesus-artwork-complaints\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">himself and Jesus Christ<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/04\/17\/donald-trump-rages-against-sleazebag-former-ally-joe-kent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump continues to turn on anyone who speaks out against him, even allies that he hired to work with his administration. On Thursday (April 16), the 79-year-old president dissed yet another person who has spoken out against the ongoing war in Iran, labeling them a \u201csleazebag\u201d and accusing them of leaking sensitive information. 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