‘Loose cannon’ Gorka to lose his White House job

Washington: Sebastian Gorka, a controversial national security aide and deputy assistant to President Donald Trump, will leave the White House in coming days.  

Mr Gorka is a former Breitbart national security editor who has been outspoken on the need to confront Islamic terrorism. He had vigorously defended the travel ban and the President’s continued use of the phrase “radical Islamic terrorism”.

In his role in the White House, he has become one of Mr Trump’s most prominent public cheerleaders frequently hitting the radio airwaves to defend the President’s counter-terrorism policies and public statements. A senior administration official said that Mr Gorka had initially been hired to play a key role on the Strategic Initiatives Group, an advisory panel created by Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon to run parallel to the National Security Council (NSC).

But that group fizzled out soon.  Mr Gorka was unable to get clearance for the NSC after he was charged last year with carrying a weapon at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, according to CNN.