A war with Iran will achieve nothing for Trump The Benzinga news site, in a report citing Joe Kent, former head of the US National Counter-Terrorism Center in the Trump administration, wrote that the escalation of the war against Iran could have heavy economic and political consequences for Washington. Referring to the American public opinion's opposition to the war, the increase in energy costs and Iran's ability to damage the global economy, Kent emphasized that the continuation of the conflict would not have a proportional achievement for the United States.