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The
MAGA Coalition, dedicated to helping advance Trump's "America
First" principles, said it had hired Gorka as "Chief
Strategist." MAGA is headed by Adam Gingrich, a Pennsylvania
political operative who backed Trump's presidential campaign.
A MAGA statement announcing Gorka's appointment said its mission
was to "identify the obstructionists in (Washington) DC and to
advocate the America First principles that catapulted Donald
Trump to the White House".
It quoted Gorka, 46, as condemning "DC swamp-dwellers thinking
they know better than the people they represent".
Gorka has been an outspoken advocate of tough U.S.
anti-terrorism policies and in the past asserted that U.S.
efforts to counter Islamic State and other jihadist propaganda
were "pin-pricks and often counter-productive".
Prior to his time on Bannon's White House team, Gorka was
national security editor at Breitbart.com, the far-right website
which Bannon headed before joining the White House and then
rejoined after leaving the White House last month.
Gorka, the son of Hungarian refugees who was born in Britain,
also previously taught classes at the U.S. Marine Corps
University.
While at the White House, Gorka regularly appeared on cable news
shows to promote Trump's policies. But intelligence
professionals and diplomats viewed him as an ideologue who
lacked real-world experience.
In late August, the conservative Federalist website published a
letter from Gorka saying he was resigning from the Trump
Administration. But a White House official said in a statement:
"Sebastian Gorka did not resign, but I can confirm he no longer
works at the White House.”
(Reporting by Mark Hosenball; editing by Mark Heinrich)
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