India, March 31 -- Donald Trump's former counterterror chief Joe Kent has said the US President was "led to believe" that the US military could go in and remove the Iranian regime after the success of the operation against Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela.

Kent, who resigned from his post as the director of the US National Counterterrorism Centre after the Iran war broke out, said that a "very small circle" around Trump didn't let him hear any alternatives.

"Post June, they created a very small circle around President Trump, and he didn't hear any alternatives. Then Venezuela happened, and President Trump was led to believe that our military could just go in and remove leaders and would work out flawlessly," Kent told Russia Today.

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