Mark Levin shouts at Joe Kent, claiming he 'never' lobbied Trump to start Iran war

WASHINGTON, D.C: Mark Levin and Joe Kent engaged in a heated argument during a radio interview on Monday, March 23, after the former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center accused the broadcaster of influencing President Donald Trump to start the Iran war.

Kent recently resigned from his job while opposing the US’ attack on Tehran, claiming it did not pose an “imminent threat” to Washington. In his letter to the POTUS, he wrote, “I pray that you will reflect upon what we are doing in Iran, and who we are doing it for.”

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“The time for bold action is now. You can reverse course and chart a new path for our nation, or you can allow us to slip further toward decline and chaos. You hold the cards,” Kent added, angering Trump, who called him “weak” and questioned his second marriage, which took place after his first wife was killed in the line of duty in Syria.

After Kent’s resignation, a federal probe was launched against him, accusing him of potentially sharing classified information, which he denied on Monday’s episode of ‘The Mark Levin Show’.

Kent alleges blames Israel and media echo chamber for war

He also spoke about the ongoing US-Iran war, noting, “President Trump said, ‘No nuclear weapons’. And then, through official engagements, through the Israelis and then also the media echo chamber that won a regime change in Iran, said ‘No, no, we need to say that the Iranians can’t do enrichment and that–”

But he was interrupted by Levin, who asked, “What about the media echo chamber of your buddies, who didn’t want regime change in Iran? There’s a lot of echo chambers out there, wouldn’t you say?”

Kent replied, “It appears that your media echo chamber was much more successful.”

Levin claims he 'never lobbied' Trump to start war

The radio personality immediately corrected him, saying, “No, it wasn’t. I never lobbied the president. I never lobbied the president. You guys keep putting that crap out there.”

He added that he once met Trump at his request and told him that people thought he had lobbied him. “You know what he did? He laughed. You know what he said? ‘Mark, I know where you stand. I watch your show on Saturday and Sunday,’” Levin said.

Levin calls Kent 'ridiculous'

Kent was still not satisfied, claiming, “You can lobby him on your show. You can lobby him by using the power of your show.”

By then, Levin had had enough and asserted, “Oh come on, brother, you’re not– you’re sounding almost ridiculous now.”