President-elect Trump on Friday introduced that former State Division official Alex Wong shall be appointed assistant to the president and principal deputy nationwide safety advisor, and that Sebastian Gorka, a former aide, will function deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism.
Each males served below Trump throughout his first time period. Wong served within the State Division as deputy particular consultant for North Korea, and the deputy assistant secretary for East Asian and pacific affairs.
Rep. Mike Waltz, who was tapped by Trump to function his nationwide safety adviser, praised Wong on X.
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Sebastian Gorka and Alex Wong will serve below President-elect Trump for a second time period. (Getty Pictures; Division of State)
“Alex has a confirmed file of delivering outcomes throughout President Trump’s first time period the place he helped negotiate the historic summits with Kim Jong Un that stabilized relations,” he wrote. “He could have a vital function in serving to preserve America protected!”
Gorka, who Trump famous was a “authorized immigrant,” beforehand served as deputy assistant to the president throughout Trump’s first time period. He is additionally a former Fox Information contributor.
“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,” Trump stated in a information launch.
Gorka beforehand served through the first seven months of the Trump administration as a deputy assistant and strategist targeted on overseas coverage and nationwide safety.
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He left the Trump White Home in 2017.
The appointments have been a part of a slew of bulletins from Trump as he begins to form his cupboard for his second time period.
