Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent claimed Charlie Kirk’s last words to him were about preventing a war with Iran.
Kent, who resigned as the nation’s top counterterrorism official this week amid allegations of leaking classified information, spoke with Tucker Carlson about the “last time” he saw the late Turning Point USA founder, who was assassinated last September.
“The last time I saw Charlie Kirk on this Earth was in June, in the West Wing,” he told Carlson. “He looked me in the eye and he said … Joe, stop us from getting into a war with Iran.”
Wow.
Joe Kent just revealed the last thing Charlie Kirk said to him:
“The last time I saw Charlie Kirk on this Earth was in June, in the West Wing.”
“He looked me in the eye and he said … Joe, stop us from getting into a war with Iran.”
“One of President Trump’s closest… pic.twitter.com/dUcl3Etj0X
— Holden Culotta (@Holden_Culotta) March 19, 2026
With Kirk no longer around to dispute Kent’s version of what happened, the former Army Green Beret continued, telling Carlson how Kirk was “one of President Trump’s closest advisors ” and “advocated heavily against a war with Iran.”
Kent admitted he “wasn’t particularly close with Charlie,” but pressed on with his narrative, claiming Kirk’s words to him were “very loud.”
“So, when one of President Trump’s closest advisors was vocally advocating for us to not go to war with Iran and for us to rethink, at least, our relationship with the Israelis, and then he’s suddenly publicly assassinated, and we’re not allowed to ask any questions about that?”” he said.
“There’s unanswered questions,” Kent added.
Social media users have been letting Kirk’s record speak for itself.
Charlie Kirk on the night we bombed Iran last June:
“And you might say, ‘Charlie, do you support or oppose this?’ I support President Trump. That’s my answer. I know the man…He’s the man for the hour…So in a situation like this, I support my friend. And he’s had my back, and… pic.twitter.com/Q3E47kpLHw
— Natalie Jean Beisner (@NJBeisner) March 1, 2026
I can’t say for sure what he would have said, but if there’s any indication… pic.twitter.com/acF17OlE9Y
— Battleborn Woodshed 🇺🇸✝️ (@BattlebornWS) March 1, 2026
One X user eviscerated those like Kent in “standing on the silence of Charlie’s coffin” to make claims about his views.
“So we can establish that Charlie was talking to Joe in the context of Operation Midnight Hammer, but Charlie said those exact same things on camera to the world at the time. This isn’t new information at all. It was always public straight from Charlie,” James Lindsay posted.
“Charlie Kirk backed President Trump 100%, even though he voiced his concerns before Trump made his decisions, both in public and in private,” he added. “Charlie’s words in June of 2025 cannot be construed in any way to be applicable to the circumstances that led Trump to make these decisions in early 2026.”
Listen you human piece of garbage and anyone else here in the comments who wants to get this straight.
Charlie died in September of 2025. This conflict started in February 2026. Joe said this conversation happened in June 2025. Operation Midnight Hammer happened in June 2025.…
— James Lindsay, anti-Communist (@ConceptualJames) March 19, 2026
“To suggest anything else is to fail to have known Charlie Kirk or even to have paid attention to what he actually said in the relevant situation Kent is bringing up, standing on the silence of Charlie’s coffin to do so,” Lindsay wrote.
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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