President Donald J. Trump introduced on Friday the appointment of Dr. Sebastian Gorka as Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism.
Sebastian Gorka served as a outstanding determine in Donald Trump’s first administration, holding a big function and wielding affect in numerous points of the administration’s insurance policies and actions.
He initially served as a Deputy Assistant to the President and Strategist within the Trump White Home, a place he held for about seven months in 2017.
The left has predictably focused Gorka for his unapologetic protection of Trump’s America First insurance policies. Liberal pundits and media shops have criticized his hardline stance on immigration and his vocal assist for Trump’s govt orders, which they mischaracterized as “Muslim bans.”
Learn Trump’s announcement beneath:
Dr. Sebastian Gorka can be returning to the White Home as Deputy Assistant to the President, and Senior Director for Counterterrorism.
Since 2015, Dr. Gorka has been a tireless advocate for the America First Agenda and the MAGA Motion, serving beforehand as Strategist to the President within the first Trump Administration.
Dr. Gorka is a authorized immigrant to the US, with greater than 30 years of Nationwide Safety expertise. In 2015, he was certainly one of my Advisors for the GOP Main Debates on Nationwide Safety.
On the time, he held the Main Normal Matthew C. Horner Chair of Navy Idea on the Marine College Basis, and was a Visitor Teacher on the JFK Particular Warfare Heart and Faculty, Fort Bragg. Previous to that, he was Affiliate Dean for Congressional Affairs and Relations to the Particular Operations Neighborhood at Nationwide Protection College, and Kokkalis Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy Faculty of Authorities. He’s a Recipient of the DoD Joint Civilian Service Commendation awarded by USSOCOM for his work in Counterterrorism.
Dr. Gorka lives in Northern Virginia along with his spouse Katharine, who was a Presidential Appointee on the Division of Homeland Safety, and Press Secretary for Customs and Border Safety within the first Trump Administration.
In an X put up, Gorka responded to the announcement:
“Honored past phrases to serve President Donald Trump as soon as once more, in what would be the biggest Administration of the trendy age. #MakingAmericaGreatAgain”
Honored past phrases to serve President @realDonaldTrump as soon as once more, in what would be the biggest Administration of the trendy age. #MakingAmericaGreatAgain pic.twitter.com/Y0wvlrwGvh
— Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) November 23, 2024