Dr. Sebastian Gorka — former Trump administration official and television host america first Podcast — returns to the White House and details his new role for listeners Breitbart News Daily on friday.
President-elect Donald Trump announced Gorka's appointment on November 23.
He will “serve as the White House's senior director of counterterrorism within the National Security Council, working under National Security Advisor Mike Walz and Donald J. Trump, the 47th President of the United States,” Gorka began. .
When asked by host Mike Slater about the role of deputy assistant to the president, Gorka demystified what that actually means.
“It's funny, I get it. People congratulated me on my two new jobs. Well, the American government doesn't work like that. You only get one paycheck. So the White House. Everyone in the organization has to have a rank, and then they have to have a job description,” he said.
“So, my rank is Deputy Assistant to the President. … I am DAP, Deputy Assistant to the President. But my actual job description, my portfolio is Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council. ,” Gorka declared, explaining the structure of the National Security Council itself, which was created under the National Security Act of 1947.
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“It's the highest deliberative and coordinating body on national security for the United States, serving the president. When it's aligned at the principle, principle level, it's actually the Cabinet. So when it's a real emergency, an emergency under the west wing of the secure facility. In one Situation Room, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the National Security Advisor would meet and advise the President of the United States. That's very rare now. That's almost unusual. The days are filled at my level,” he explained.
“So the senior directors of their various portfolios. There's about a dozen functional or geographic divisions in the White House or in the National Council. So in my case, functional counterterrorism. But, e.g. “There's a Directorate for Middle East Affairs. There's one for Europe and one for intelligence agencies,” he said. “Think of it as the highest policy-making body that advises the president on matters of national security.”
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“And everything is reflected in there. So the intelligence community, the military community, the U.S. government are all able to influence the NSC and provide the advice that the commander in chief needs,” he added. He explained that he will report to Congressman Mike Walz (R-Florida). President Trump has appointed him as National Security Advisor.
“He's kind of the top guy who's with the president every day, trying to make sure he's getting advice and clarification and everything he needs to know to keep all Americans safe. So, Mike… Waltz will be my boss. The first ever Green Beret member of Congress. I'll be frolicking, stomping, and eating snakes before Mike becomes a Congressman. So he's the best person for the job, and he'll be my direct boss. And above him is everyone's boss, President Trump.” He added that he is particularly focused on making America's homeland safe again from external threats that come through the Biden-Harris administration's open borders policy.
“So, let's take the politics out of it. As far as we know, there are 8 million people in the country illegally. If we add fugitives, that number could double to 16. So if only 1% of those 16 million people were criminals, they were narco-terrorists or global jihadists, sector-sized groups that came freely into the United States to do what we do.” Gorka explained.
“So, I'm not excited, but what I'm putting most of my energy into is identifying, neutralizing, and removing people from the United States who are trying to kill innocent Americans,” he said. , identified it as follows. Work number one. ”
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