Summary
Donald Trump’s appointment of far-right commentator Sebastian Gorka as deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counter-terrorism has sparked backlash.
Critics, including former Trump officials John Bolton and HR McMaster, have labeled Gorka unqualified and controversial, pointing to his brief tenure in Trump’s first term and his promotion of extreme policies.
Gorka has a history of inflammatory rhetoric, ties to far-right groups, and legal troubles, yet remains a polarizing figure in conservative circles.
The appointment has intensified concerns about Trump’s administration favoring ideological loyalty over expertise in key national security roles.
Took me a bit to find it, but I knew I had something for this:
The silver-lining here is the minor entertainment value to be found:
- He has an extremely punchable face
- Everybody hates him
- He’s so arrogant and thin-skinned he apparently blows up at even the most minor perceived slight
So it’s a bit like tossing a glitter bomb into a meeting of people who are bending over backwards to appear Very Very Serious.
THIS guy is too much. We’ve got a sham “Doctor”, a parasitic brain worm in a human suit, a news anchor, a conflict-mine rich asshole, a pedophile, and in charge of this oncoming apocalypse is a rapist, another pedophile, felon, tax/draft dodging piece of sub-human excrement, but THIS guy is too much? Sounds like he’s par for the course.
As much as I hate it, Dr. Oz is actually an extremely capable cardiothoracic surgeon. Like top of his field level. He just turned into a piece of shit grifter. Him being a capable physician makes him more dangerous IMHO, he can do a lot more damage with that knowledge.
Surgeons being skillful assholes isn’t an uncommon thing.
They always think their expertise in one area makes them an expert at everything, when in reality they are below average.
Dr. Oz is actually an extremely capable cardiothoracic surgeon
Was. He let his license lapse over a decade ago and the last several years before that, he designed medical equipment and promoted snake oil on TV.
Like Ben Carson, Mehmet Oz might have been a great surgeon, but now he’s a filthy rich net negative to society like most if not all of the other Trump picks.
And also like Ben Carson, he’s living proof that you can be extremely well educated and skilled and still be a fucking idiot.
True, he is no longer a practicing surgeon. But I think it’s disingenuous to not recognize the fact that he was an actual medical professional who was exceptionally good at what he did. It makes what he has been doing that much more evil. He knows exactly what he’s peddling and just how much harm it is doing.
Except, being a surgeon, he hasn’t had much to do with the medicinal side of things since med school. It was never his area of expertise.
Hell, I bet people still in training as a pharmacist know more about what drugs work and don’t work than Mehmet ever did.
“as dangerous as he is unqualified”
Wouldn’t that describe all of his cabinet choices so far?
Gorka has a history of inflammatory rhetoric, ties to far-right groups, and legal troubles….
This seems like requirements to be part of this administration? Not seeing a problem here other than that he’ll produce more infighting, which at this point is a benefit.
