President-elect Trump has tapped his first time period alums Alex Wong and Sebastian Gorka to affix his nationwide safety crew for his second go-around.
Gorka will act because the deputy assistant to the president and because the senior director for counterterrorism whereas Wong will function assistant to the president and because the principal deputy nationwide safety advisor whereas, Trump mentioned in a press release by his transition.
“Since 2015, Dr. Gorka has been a tireless advocate for the America First Agenda and the MAGA Movement, serving previously as Strategist to the President in the first Trump Administration,” the discharge reads.
Gorka, who Trump famous is a “legal immigrant,” has over 30 years of nationwide safety expertise. Gorka was born in the UK.
Throughout Trump’s first time period, Wong was the deputy particular consultant for North Korea. He later served because the deputy assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific affairs throughout the State Division.
Within the assertion, Trump mentioned Wong helped dealer his summit with Kim Jong Un in North Korea throughout his first time period.