HR McMaster, former National Security Advisor to the President, said that Sebastian Gorka, who President-elect Trump recently nominated as Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director of Counterterrorism in the incoming administration, will be “advised on national security matters.'' When asked if he was the right person, he answered in the negative.
“Is he the right person to advise on national security?” CBS News' Margaret Brennan asked McMaster on Sunday's “Face the Nation.”
“No, no, he's not, Margaret. But…you know, I think…the president and other people who work with him, probably as soon as he took the job.” , we will make a determination on that very soon,” McMaster said. said about Gorkha.
President Trump said in a statement Friday. Mr. Gorka is a tireless advocate of the America First Agenda and the MAGA movement, and previously served as the President's strategist for nine years in the first Trump administration.
Gorka previously served as a member of the Trump administration's National Security Advisory Council, where he advised Trump on counterterrorism issues.
Politico reported that Gorka's comments and views on Islam have been controversial, and he has also been criticized by academics. Credentials are questioned.
“Some people are Republican these days,” McMaster said in an interview on “Face the Nation.” [who just kinda] tend to parrot [Russian President] President Vladimir Putin's talking points. ”
“I don't know if it's because they're attracted to him and see him as a kind of defender of Western civilization, just a shirtless guy on a horse, but they're exploiting this. “We have to make sure that we don't, you know, a strange thing, 'love for President Vladimir Putin,'” he continued.
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The Hill has reached out to Trump's transition team and the Republican National Committee for comment.
