'Tremendous blow' for Trump likely to be just first in wave of resignations: ex-general

A military general revealed on Tuesday that more Trump administration resignations are likely on the horizon after Joe Kent, head of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned in protest over the U.S. war in Iran.

Retired U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Steve Anderson told CNN anchors Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown that he expects more Trump allies to step down over the military conflict in the Middle East.

"I think that this is absolutely significant," Anderson said.

Kent, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, is the first to leave the administration over the war. The longtime MAGA ally announced his decision on X early Tuesday, saying “I 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.”

"I mean, think about the anguish that he went through to do this, to make this resignation," Anderson said. "This is an insider, this is a MAGA guy through and through. And this is a tremendous blow to President Trump. But it took an incredible amount of political courage for him to make the stand that he has made.

"I don't agree with his positions. I don't agree with a lot of things he's done in the background, but I respect him for his service to our nation. ... And for his ability to make a political stand here of the highest order. I'm very, very proud that he has chosen to do this.

"And I hope that this leads to other resignations, because this war is not going well, it's only getting worse, and I think that Joe Kent, by recognizing that there was no imminent threat, in actually putting that in writing and resigning as he did, is a tremendous, tremendous blow to the Trump administration."