President Trump’s former national security adviser, John Bolton, criticized the president-elect’s pick to lead counterterrorism, Sebastian Gorka, as a “fraud” and said the selection was “(national security “The conference’s policies do not bode well for counterterrorism efforts.” That’s the kind of person a senior director is. ”
President Trump praised Gorka, a Hungarian immigrant, as “a tireless champion of the America First Agenda and the MAGA movement.”
But Mr Bolton made a grand entrance against Gorkha on Friday. The conservative, who served in the Reagan, George W. He took a stand against the man, telling CNN: We won’t have him in the US government. ”
Earlier this week, Bolton told NewsNation’s The Hill that prior to Gorka’s appointment as Trump’s deputy chief of staff and senior counterterrorism director, Gabbard’s nomination was “the worst Cabinet appointment in recent U.S. history.” He said he would have said, ”.
Bolton is not alone in his criticism. Democratic National Committee spokesman Alex Floyd called Gorka “a far-right extremist who is as dangerous as he is unfit to lead America’s counterterrorism strategy.”
Mr. Gorka is openly pro-Israel and supports Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and President Trump’s 2017 Islamic ban on travel to the United States for visitors from Iran, Iraq, Libya, and Somalia for 90 days He faces allegations of Islamophobia for supporting the Muslim travel ban. Sudan, Syria, Yemen.
Gorka also argued that Islam is “not a religion of peace.” He has come under fire for appearing at President Trump’s inaugural ball in 2017 wearing the Hungarian nationalist group Vitéj Lend’s Medal of Honor and for serving as an adviser to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. are.
Bolton said Gorka “requires a thorough on-the-ground investigation by the FBI” and that his “credential claims” also need to be investigated.
“I think he’s a perfect example of someone who is in his position purely because of Donald Trump,” Bolton told the outlet. “He doesn’t show loyalty. He shows loyalty. And that’s what President Trump wants. …
“He doesn’t want Mr. Gorka’s opinion, he wants Mr. Gorka to say, ‘Yes, sir.’ I’m completely confident that’s exactly what will happen, no matter what Trump says.” Masu.”
