Trump Oil & Energy Problems Are Worse Than People Think & Tucker Carlson and Joe Kent Drop Bombs

TL;DR

Trump appointee Joe Kent claims there was zero intelligence justifying the Iran war, while strikes on global energy infrastructure and a $200B Pentagon request signal deepening crisis.

Key Points

• 1.Joe Kent, a Trump MAGA appointee, told Tucker Carlson there was zero U.S. intelligence showing Iran posed an imminent threat. He said Iran had a religious fatwa against nuclear weapons since 2004 and no intelligence indicated that was changing.
• 2.Kent claims key decision makers were deliberately shut out of the room before Trump ordered strikes. Without senior intelligence officials present, the 'sanity check' on threat assessments was missing, allowing skewed intelligence to reach Trump.
• 3.Kent argues Trump created a self-fulfilling prophecy — manufacturing the very danger used to justify the war. He also says killing the Supreme Leader was counterproductive, likely radicalizing Iran's next leader and rallying public support for the regime.
• 4.The war has already cost over $18 billion in 20 days, growing by roughly $500 million daily. The Pentagon is now requesting an additional $200 billion from Congress, on top of Trump's proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget.
• 5.Israeli strikes hit South Pars — the world's largest natural gas field — damaging 12% of Iran's total gas production. Subsequent attacks hit Qatar's LNG facility (handling a fifth of global LNG supply), Kuwaiti refineries, and a Saudi energy terminal.
• 6.Trump claimed the U.S. knew nothing about the South Pars strike, but Axios and Reuters both reported it was coordinated with and approved by the Trump administration. This directly contradicts his public statement and implies he misled the public.
• 7.Unidentified drones flew over Fort McNair, where Rubio and Hegseth live, and military bases in New Jersey and Florida raised threat levels to second-highest. The U.S. consulate in Dubai and embassy in Riyadh were also struck by suspected Iranian drones.
• 8.Serious national security analysts warn Trump could politically benefit from a domestic terror attack, citing it as potential justification for emergency powers or canceling midterms. Yale historian Timothy Snyder and Steady State director Steven Cash both raised this concern publicly.