Trump appoints 'pro-Moscow' Tulsi Gabbard as his national security advisor.

 

Sebastian Gorka

Trump has appointed 'pro-Moscow' Tulsi Gabbard as his national intelligence chief and security advisor. Sir Richard Dearlove, the former boss of MI6, says this is a maverick appointment and that Gabbard has no previous experience of working in intelligence or security.

I've never heard of Tulsi Gabbard but I certainly know of Sebastian Gorka. British-born Gorka, is being tipped as her deputy national security advisor. Gorka has been associated with the alt-right conspiracy Breitbart blog and worked for Fox News. He was a colleague of 'scruffy' Steve Bannon, Trump's former official adviser, and worked for him at Breitbart.

Critics have questioned the credibility of Gorka's PhD qualification and his expertise in the field of foreign policy. Many think he's a bullshitter with dodgy qualifications, so he should fit in very well in the Trump administration.

In January 2017, Gorka was appointed Deputy Assistant to President Trump and Strategist in the White House, but he failed to obtain security clearance necessary for work on security issues. He remained in the job for just seventh months and was removed shortly after the sacking of Steve Bannon. He then became a spokesman and salesman for a fish oil supplement. Gorka then became a shock jock on Salem Radio hosting America First with Sebastian Gorka. 

Despite being accused of having links with European far right organisations with Nazi sympathies, such as the Hungarian far-right organisation called ‘Vitezi Rend’, Congressman Trent Franks, Co-chair of the Israeli Allies Caucus, called Gorka "the staunchest friend of Israel and the Jewish people."