{"id":18435,"date":"2024-11-23T03:06:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T03:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18435"},"modified":"2024-11-23T03:06:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T03:06:58","slug":"former-trump-adviser-sebastian-gorka-returning-to-the-white-house-in-counterterrorism-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18435","title":{"rendered":"Former Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka returning to the White House\u00a0in counterterrorism role"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that his former White House adviser, Sebastian Gorka, will serve in his incoming administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump, 78, <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/113529509281861054\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">revealed in a Truth Social post<\/a> that Gorka will serve as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/12\/us-news\/whos-been-picked-for-trumps-second-administration-so-far\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">deputy assistant to the president<\/a>\u00a0and senior director for counterterrorism.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince 2015, Dr. Gorka has been a tireless advocate for the America First Agenda and the MAGA Movement,\u201d the president-elect wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Gorka is a legal immigrant to the United States, with more than 30 years of National Security experience,\u201d Trump added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"33929373\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/sebastian-gorka-former-deputy-assistant-92849022.jpg?resize=150,100&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/sebastian-gorka-former-deputy-assistant-92849022.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Gorka served in the first Trump White House, and is returning as deputy assistant to the president.   <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gorka, 54, was born in London to Hungarian immigrant parents. He lived in Hungary from 1992 to 2008, and became a naturalized US citizen in 2012.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>He served as a White House strategist during Trump\u2019s first term, but was forced out of the White House in August of 2017, just seven months after Inauguration Day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>The conservative firebrand at the time blamed \u201cforces\u201d opposed to Trump\u2019s \u201cMAGA promise\u201d for pushing him out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Retired Gen. John Kelly \u2014 now a vocal critic of Trump \u2014 had recently taken over as White House chief of staff when Gorka departed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After leaving 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Gorka continued to back Trump on his radio show, podcast and during regular appearances on cable news programs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, Gorka <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/01\/05\/sebastian-gorka-sues-jan-6-panel-to-block-phone-records-subpoena\/\">sued the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021<\/a>, riot at the Capitol Building after it sought to obtain his phone records.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The former White House adviser, who acknowledged <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/01\/06\/trump-supporters-storm-capitol-building-as-fateful-vote-looms\/\">watching Trump\u2019s speech at the Ellipse<\/a> on the day of the riot,\u00a0slammed the committee\u2019s subpoena as a \u201cpartisan fishing expedition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his announcement, Trump noted that his relationship with Gorka started in 2015, when he served as \u201cone of my Advisors for the GOP Primary Debates on National Security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the time, he held the Major General Matthew C. Horner Chair of Military Theory at the Marine University Foundation, and was a Guest Instructor at the JFK Special Warfare Center and School, Fort Bragg,\u201d Trump said. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"33929749\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" data-modal-image=\"33929749\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/2024-washington-dc-tradition-incoming-94137504_e9cfe2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\" Donald Trump \" class=\"wp-image-33929749\" 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/2024-washington-dc-tradition-incoming-94137504_e9cfe2.jpg?resize=600,400&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/2024-washington-dc-tradition-incoming-94137504_e9cfe2.jpg?resize=661,441&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 661w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/2024-washington-dc-tradition-incoming-94137504_e9cfe2.jpg?resize=90,60&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 90w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/2024-washington-dc-tradition-incoming-94137504_e9cfe2.jpg?resize=87,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/2024-washington-dc-tradition-incoming-94137504_e9cfe2.jpg?resize=150,100&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/2024-washington-dc-tradition-incoming-94137504_e9cfe2.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cDr. Gorka is a legal immigrant to the United States, with more than 30 years of National Security experience,\u201d Trump added.\u00a0 <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPrior to that, he was Associate Dean for Congressional Affairs and Relations to the Special Operations Community at National Defense University, and Kokkalis Fellow at Harvard\u2019s Kennedy School of Government. He is a Recipient of the DoD Joint Civilian Service Commendation awarded by USSOCOM for his work in Counterterrorism.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In his recent social media posts, Gorka has railed against the \u201cdeep state,\u201d accusing unelected bureaucrats of attempting to sabotage Trump\u2019s first term and he has expressed strong reservations about Trump potentially tapping former congressman and FBI agent Mike Rogers to lead the bureau.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p><em>Source: <\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/politics.einnews.com\/article\/763101510\/Su88IxZD2Ozdm50_?ref=rss&amp;ecode=kmfm9fDbRbj4OPCJ\">politics.einnews.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that his former White House adviser, Sebastian Gorka, will serve in his incoming administration.\u00a0 Trump, 78, revealed in a Truth Social post that Gorka will serve as\u00a0deputy assistant to the president\u00a0and senior director for counterterrorism.\u00a0 \u201cSince 2015, Dr. Gorka has been a tireless advocate for the America First Agenda and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}