"....BADABING..! He changed his mind..!! Can u beat that..?!"
Posted on 08/25/2017 5:22:00 PM PDT by gubamyster
Sebastian Gorka is resigning his post as Deputy Assistant to President Trump, multiple sources familiar with the situation have told The Federalist.
In a blunt resignation letter, the national security and counterterrorism expert expressed dissatisfaction with the current state of the Trump administration. “[G]iven recent events, it is clear to me that forces that do not support the MAGA promise are – for now – ascendant within the White House,” Gorka wrote. “As a result, the best and most effective way I can support you, Mr. President, is from outside the People’s House.”
Gorka’s letter expressed unhappiness with the direction the Trump administration’s foreign policy has taken, as signaled by the president’s recent speech on Afghanistan:
“Regrettably, outside of yourself, the individuals who most embodied and represented the policies that will ‘Make America Great Again,’ have been internally countered, systematically removed, or undermined in recent months. This was made patently obvious as I read the text of your speech on Afghanistan this week…
“The fact that those who drafted and approved the speech removed any mention of Radical Islam or radical Islamic terrorism proves that a crucial element of your presidential campaign has been lost…
“Just as worrying, when discussing our future actions in the region, the speech listed operational objectives without ever defining the strategic victory conditions we are fighting for. This omission should seriously disturb any national security professional, and any American who is unsatisfied with the last 16 years of disastrous policy decisions which have led to thousands of Americans killed and trillions of taxpayer dollars spent in ways that have not brought security or victory.”
During his time in the Trump administration, Gorka focused on issues such as countering the Muslim Brotherhood, the crisis in Qatar, drafting a new long-term national security strategy, and combatting China’s economic warfare. Before coming to the White House, Gorka was an editor for national security affairs for Breitbart News, where he worked with Steve Bannon, who also recently departed the administration.
Gorka’s tenure at the White House was marked by unusually vociferous attacks against him and his family by left-leaning media organizations and the Democratic Party. This includes personal attacks against his wife, mother, and son.
A source close to the White House said of his decision, “This was more or less going to be a done deal when Bannon submitted his resignation. Not because he didn’t have a protector, but because there is no point in having your life ruined every day if you’re not going to get much accomplished.” The same source said that what did change after Bannon left was that anti-Bannon factions began erecting bureaucratic road blocks to undermine Gorka internally.
The Forward has written dozens of attack pieces against Gorka, including several attempting to align him with Nazism. Most recently that publication retracted a story about his son’s schoolwork. Gorka strenuously objected to allegations he had ties to Nazi groups in his family’s home country of Hungary, where he had previously been involved in national politics. Even detractors eventually acknowledged the Nazi accusations were unfair smears.
In his letter, Gorka made clear that he believes in the promise of the Trump presidency despite being concerned about its present direction.
“Your presidency will prove to be one of the most significant events in modern American politics. November the 8th was the result of decades during which the political and media elites felt that they knew better than the people who elect them into office. They do not, and the MAGA platform allowed their voices to be heard,” he wrote, adding, “Millions of people believe in, and have chosen, you and your vision of Making America Great Again. They will help eventually rebalance this temporary reality.”
Mollie Ziegler Hemingway is a senior editor at The Federalist. Follow her on Twitter at @mzhemingway
If Stephen Miller goes it’s a HUGE indicator of BIG problems.
Trump has his hands full.
Miller’s the last MAGA advocate left. So he’ll be gone soon.
Get the friikin’ Kushner the hell out of there.
She might be in the drivers seat now, but she’ll be a pariah on both sides for the rest of her life.
Yep. Just like Megyn Kelly. You can’t go home again, basically.
"....BADABING..! He changed his mind..!! Can u beat that..?!"
I don’t like this
8 years of MASSIVE COLLECTION OF DEEPLY PERSONAL INFORMATION of every single American including every Congressman, member of SCOTUS, etc. has come full circle for the Deep State, USING BLACKMAIL TO TRANSFORM PATRIOTS INTO PUPPETS for fear of total humiliation in the media.
Nothing changes. Trump was Trump long before all these people worked for him. His ideas not theirs got him elected. And he is not controlled by Ivanka, either.
I’ll bet no one on this thread can cite a single policy or action that was produced by Dr. Gorka (who I admire greatly). He will leave a ripple in the pond but he ain’t Potus.
Total bummer
Kelly is cutting off access to POTUS. And in return some folks are saying to heck with this job. Gorka won’t be the last to leave, IMO.
"Whoa, whoa, whoah..! We gotta keep our TROOPS IN THERE..! Look atdat.! Hey, that's really compelling stuff, there..!!"
Why does my GAYDAR sound when I see McMaster’s photo? WHOOOOP, WHOOOOOOOP, WHOOOOOOOOOOP!!!!
Sounds like to me Obama’s Generals have their finger prints all over his departure: McMaster, Kelly, and company. The swamp is still rising.
I’m bummed.
Gorka is brilliant.
And McMasters, Cohn and Powell have to go NOW!
Terrible news. Cohn stabs Trump in the back and Gorka quits. WTH So Muzzie lover McMaster got any reference to radical Islam removed from the Afghanistan speech. So that’s where we are. I don’t think Trump mentioned radical Islamic terrorists in AZ either. Miller is only one left who is not a leftist Rat.
This is lost. The establishment is firmly in control.
2018 we gain in the Senate, but 2020 will be a bloodbath.
I’m sure it was a “resign before you are fired” deal. Gorka chose to go quit and get it on the record now, rather than be a “disgruntled” guy who was fired.
“Jared, Ivanka and McMaster have taken over.” Tragic but true.
Gorka was NSC.
This is a McMasters hit job.
Trump is being encircled.
He needs loyalists and fast.
And Jivanka needs to go back to NY.
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