John R. Houk
© August 28, 2017
I was big fan of Sebastian Gorka before he joined the Trump
Administration on the Security Council. I still am a fan. Thus, I was very
disappointed that Gorka left the Security Council intimating the wrong group in
the White House had gotten President Trump’s ear.
Here is an excerpt of Gorka’s resignation letter from the Conservative
Tribune:
In his letter to President Donald
Trump, Gorka accused Trump of having the wrong priorities on both issues,
referencing the increased influence of perceived moderates within the Trump
White House, such as Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner and National Security
Advisor H.R. McMaster, with no large degree of subtlety.
“(G)iven recent events, it is
clear to me that forces that do not support the MAGA promise are – for now –
ascendant within the White House,” Gorka wrote. “As a result, the best and most
effective way I can support you, Mr. President, is from outside the People’s
House.”
Gorka said that the president’s
recent policy shift on Afghanistan — which is
essentiall [sic] on open-ended involvement to secure the region as opposed to
timetables — ran counter to the foreign policy objectives he believed the
administration should stand for.
“Regrettably, outside of yourself,
the individuals who most embodied and represented the policies that will ‘Make
America Great Again,’ have been internally countered, systematically removed,
or undermined in recent months. This was made patently obvious as I read the
text of your speech on Afghanistan this week,” the letter read.
“The fact that those who drafted
and approved the speech removed any mention of Radical Islam or radical Islamic
terrorism proves that a crucial element of your presidential campaign has been
lost,” Gorka wrote.
“Just as worrying, when discussing
our future actions in the region, the speech listed operational objectives
without ever defining the strategic victory conditions we are fighting for.
This omission should seriously disturb any national security professional, and
any American who is unsatisfied with the last 16 years of disastrous policy
decisions which have led to thousands of Americans killed and trillions of
taxpayer dollars spent in ways that have not brought security or victory.” (Sebastian Gorka’s Resignation Letter
Stunned White House With Sharp Language; By MARTIN LIOLL; Conservative Tribune; 8/28/17 5:58AM)
Unsurprisingly, the Left Stream Media has contradicted Gorka’s
resignation via the mysterious unnamed sources which implied he was forced out
or perhaps fired. Gorka stands by the fact he resigned for being disgruntled
and not forced out. Here is a very recent post resignation interview from SiriusXMPolitics on Twitter:
In his first post-White House interview, @SebGorka denies that he was fired, says he will be "far more effective" on the outside. pic.twitter.com/X3gbgrGV5f— SiriusXMPolitics (@SXMPolitics) August 26, 2017
(Hat tip on twitter interview: Death and Taxes)
The Free Beacon caught Secretary of State Rex
Tillerson on Fox News Sunday stating
Gorka’s assertion in the resignation letter was off-base pertaining to Foreign
Policy. (Fox News Sunday video clip):
"Sebastian Gorka in his
resignation letter wrote this about the Afghanistan speech: ‘the fact that
those who drafted and approved the speech remove any mention of radical Islam
or radical Islamic terrorism proves that a crucial element of the presidential campaign
has been lost.' Is he right?" Wallace asked.
"I think he's completely
wrong, Chris," Tillerson said. "And I think it shows a lack of
understanding of the president's broader policy when it comes to protecting
Americans at home and abroad from all acts of terrorism. The president has
charged us to develop policies and tactics, both diplomatically and
militarily, to attack terrorism in as many forms wherever it exists in the
world and wherever it might present a threat to the homeland or to Americans
anywhere."
"This means that we have to
develop techniques that are global in nature. All we want is to ensure that
terrorists do not have the capability to organize and carry out attacks,"
he added.
Tillerson also denied that there
was any division between "globalists" and "America
first-ers." (Tillerson on Gorka’s Resignation Letter:
‘Completely Wrong’ in Assessment of Trump Policy; By Charles Fain Lehman; Washington Free Beacon;
8/27/17 11:57 am)
I am beginning to think that Secretary Tillerson is one of
those globalists (rightscoop & Axios) Sebastian Gorka is
concerned about.
The Left has been smearing Gorka as Nazi-connected. The
Leftist smear against Gorka has been exposed as a Fake News lie perpetrated to
toss mud on the Trump Administration. The lie centers around Sebastian Gorka’s
father being a member of the Hungarian Vitézi Rend,
an organization originally set up for returning veterans of Austro-Hungarian
Empire military of Hungarian descent. Austro-Hungary was united as an ally of
Germany in WWI and who were both losers. Austro-Hungary’s punishment in the
loss was the fragmenting of the empire into independent nations. As such
Hungary became an independent nation.
The Hungarian government soon realized people of Hungarian
descent were spread out within the confines of the now non-existent
Austro-Hungary Empire. Those Hungarians outside on the new Hungarian government
were also members of the Austro-Hungary military. Ergo the post WWI Hungarian
government felt an obligation to create a veterans’ organization for Hungarian former
military members only. That organization became known as Vitézi Rend or
in English, “Knightly Order” or “Order of the Valiant”. Wikipedia on the
establishment of Vitézi Rend:
Following the peace Treaty of Trianon,[6] which banished the
ruling House of Hapsburg from Hungary, a constitutional assembly decided to
return to the monarchical form of government and replace the incumbent Habsburg
regent, Archduke
Joseph August von Habsburg of Austria, with Vice-Admiral Miklós Horthy de
Nagybánya. It was mainly his idea to help re-build the shattered country by
giving land to soldiers who had proven themselves on the battlefield. This way,
the poverty brought on by World War I could begin to be
alleviated and soldiers could be rewarded.
The Vitéz Order was created by
Prime Ministerial Decree number 6650 of 1920 (6650/1920 M.E. in Hungarian
usage) and was included as paragraph no. 77 in the Land Reform Act (Law XXXVI
of 1920).[7] Membership replaced
the titles of nobility; since Horthy was only the regent of the Hungarian
Kingdom, he had no rights to make people knights or noblemen. The
title of "vitéz" was to serve as an award.[8] The
"vitéz" title was official. The legislation gave those qualifying as members
of the Order in need a grant of land and/or a house. According to Viktor
Karady, "its members served as a strictly Christian gentry".[9]
Admittance into the Order was
exclusively on military merit by the number of medals won. It worked on a
system depending on rank, where privates or junior NCOs had to prove lesser
awards of bravery, while officers and generals had to prove more in World War
I. Members received a badge and were entitled to use the designation vitéz as
a prefix to their names. Admission into the Order also carried with it a land
grant of 40 cadastral holds to an officer, eight
cadastral holds to other ranks based on need[10] (1 cadastral hold =
c. 1.43 acres). The Order of
Vitéz become hereditary, and the grants (title, badge and land grant) were to
be passed on by the recipient to his eldest son.[8]Horthy was the first to be
admitted into the Order and was also its Captain General (Főkapitány).
In 1920, Archduke Joseph August of Austria became the first knight of the Order
of Vitéz. (Order of Vitéz - Establishment of the Order;
Wikipedia; page was last edited 8/27/17 11:59)
No Nazis existed
during WWI (1914 – 1918). Gorka’s father was one of those returning veterans of
WWI. Leftist accusation against Sebastian Gorka stems from rebuilding after
WWII. Hungary allied with Nazi Germany. Unsurprisingly, new veterans returning
to Hungary had those sympathetic to Nazi ideology. However, it is a proven fact
that a huge amount of the Vitézi Rend were not a part of the Nazi
sympathies of some Hungarians. Indeed, Sebastian Gorka’s father acted to
protect Jews from Nazi atrocities. Furthermore, even though the Vitézi Rend
is a hereditary Hungarian honor, Sebastian Gorka never participated in any of
the veteran group’s ceremonies.
The whole Fake News became explosive especially after the
Charlottesville Rumble between Antifa Communists and Neo-Nazi White
Supremacists. But again, Gorka didn’t leave the White House because of Nazi
Fake News, but because of the disappointment the President Trump appears to be
listening to Establishment and/or Globalist-minded staffers over the MAGA
stalwarts involved in President Trump’s election campaign.
More reading on the Fake News Nazi smear which includes
Jewish sources that are not Left Wing:
o
The Epic of Sebastian Gorka: Holocaust
Manipulation for Political Purposes; By AVNER ZARMI; PJ Media; 5/11/17
o
Sebastian Gorka and The Rising Madness of
the Jewish Left; By Bruce Abramson and Jeff Ballabon; Jewish Press;
5/14/17
The Washington Examiner of top
level staffers that have left the White House voluntarily and involuntarily:
Sebastian Gorka- Deputy
assistant
Controversial adviser to President
Trump accused of having ties to far-right foreign groups, he lasted one week in
a post-Steve Bannon White House. Gorka claims he resigned, which the White
House disputes.
Andrew Hemming- Rapid
response director
Former RNC research adviser, White
House said his departure was a mutual decision.
Steve Bannon- Chief
strategist
Former chairman of Breitbart News,
dedicated to Trump's populist platform and a main link between Trump and the
"alt-right." He "mutually agreed" to leave the White House
with new chief of staff John Kelly.
Anthony Scaramucci- Communications
director
Financier who joined the Trump
White House for 10 whirlwind days, which saw the departures of Sean Spicer and
Reince Priebus, before quickly being shown the door by Priebus chief of staff
replacement John Kelly.
Michael Short- Assistant
press secretary
One of several former RNC staffers
who followed Sean Spicer and Reince Priebus to the White House. Anthony Scaramucci
planned to fire him, but he officially resigned first.\
Reince Priebus- Chief
of staff
Former RNC chairman who struggled
to bring order to a chaotic White House, finally shown the door after Trump
brought in Anthony Scaramucci as communications director over Priebus'
strenuous objections.
Sean Spicer- Press
secretary
Former RNC spokesman whose daily
combative exchanges with the press on the president's behalf came to an end
over Trump's decision to put Anthony Scaramucci in charge of driving the White
House's messaging, despite lacking any political experience.
Mike Dubke- Communications
director
Brought in by Sean Spicer in
February and left three months later amid rumors of a White House staff
shakeup.
K.T. McFarland- Deputy
national security adviser
Former Fox News contributor and
Mike Flynn's deputy during his brief tenure as national security adviser. She
left the White House and Trump nominated her to be ambassador to Singapore.
Katie Walsh- Deputy
chief of staff
Deputy chief of staff under Reince
Priebus, she left after Trump suffered a very public defeat on his first
attempt to get Obamacare repealed.
Mike Flynn- National
security adviser
Head of the Defense Intelligence
Agency fired by Barack Obama, he became a top Trump surrogate during the
campaign but failed to disclose meetings with Russian contacts, which he misled
Vice President Mike Pence about.
This list doesn’t include some of the lower level staffers such as Rich Higgins who was fired
for writing a 7-page memo on Deep State activities within the Trump
Administration aimed at derailing President Trump.
To my knowledge Molly Hemingway of The Federalist is
the first to break the story that
Sebastian Gorka resigned as Deputy Assistant to President Trump. Below is that
cross post
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Breaking:
Sebastian Gorka Resigns From Trump Administration
AUGUST 25, 2017
Sebastian Gorka is resigning his post as Deputy Assistant to
President Trump, multiple sources familiar with the situation have told The
Federalist.
In a blunt resignation letter, the national security and
counterterrorism expert expressed dissatisfaction with the current state of the
Trump administration. “[G]iven recent events, it is clear to me that forces
that do not support the MAGA promise are – for now – ascendant within the White
House,” Gorka wrote. “As a result, the best and most effective way I can
support you, Mr. President, is from outside the People’s House.”
Gorka’s letter expressed unhappiness with the direction the
Trump administration’s foreign policy has taken, as signaled by the president’s
recent speech on Afghanistan:
“Regrettably, outside of yourself, the individuals who most
embodied and represented the policies that will ‘Make America Great Again,’
have been internally countered, systematically removed, or undermined in recent
months. This was made patently obvious as I read the text of your speech on
Afghanistan this week…
“The fact that those who drafted and approved the speech
removed any mention of Radical Islam or radical Islamic terrorism proves that a
crucial element of your presidential campaign has been lost…
“Just as worrying, when discussing our future actions in the
region, the speech listed operational objectives without ever defining the
strategic victory conditions we are fighting for. This omission should
seriously disturb any national security professional, and any American who is
unsatisfied with the last 16 years of disastrous policy decisions which have
led to thousands of Americans killed and trillions of taxpayer dollars spent in
ways that have not brought security or victory.”
During his time in the Trump administration, Gorka focused
on issues such as countering the Muslim Brotherhood, the crisis in Qatar,
supporting efforts to draft a new long-term national security strategy, and
combatting China’s economic warfare. Before coming to the White House, Gorka
was the Major General Matthew C. Horner Chair at Marine Corps University and
also contributed to Breitbart News.
Gorka’s tenure at the White House was marked by unusually
vociferous attacks against him and his family by left-leaning media organizations
and the Democratic Party. This includes personal attacks against his wife,
mother, and son.
A source close to the White House said of his decision,
“This was more or less going to be a done deal when Bannon submitted his
resignation. Not because he didn’t have a protector, but because there is no
point in having your life ruined every day if you’re not going to get much
accomplished.” The same source said that what did change after Bannon left was
that anti-Bannon factions began erecting bureaucratic road blocks to undermine
Gorka internally.
The Forward has written dozens of attack pieces
against Gorka, including several attempting to align him with Nazism. Most
recently that publication retracted a story about his son’s schoolwork.
Gorka strenuously objected to allegations he had ties to Nazi groups in his
family’s home country of Hungary, where he had previously been involved in
national politics. Even detractors eventually acknowledged the Nazi accusations
were unfair smears.
In his letter, Gorka made clear that he believes in the
promise of the Trump presidency despite being concerned about its present
direction.
“Your presidency will prove to be one of the most
significant events in modern American politics. November the 8th was the result
of decades during which the political and media elites felt that they knew
better than the people who elect them into office. They do not, and the MAGA
platform allowed their voices to be heard,” he wrote, adding, “Millions of
people believe in, and have chosen, you and your vision of Making America Great
Again. They will help eventually rebalance this temporary reality.”
UPDATE: In response to this story, an anonymous White House
official reportedly said, “Sebastian Gorka did not resign, but I can confirm he
no longer works at the White House.”
Mollie Ziegler Hemingway is a senior editor at The
Federalist. Follow her on Twitter at @mzhemingway
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Gorka Displeased with White House Direction – Resigns
John R. Houk
© August 28, 2017
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