As with Bannon\u2019s ouster last week, the storyline of who said what when has gotten muddled: Gorka claimed he resigned, while the White House insinuated that he was pushed out.<\/p>\n
News of Gorka\u2019s ouster broke shortly after Trump announced that he would be pardoning sheriff Joe Arpaio, a decision that was widely expected after Trump hinted that he \u201cwouldn\u2019t do it tonight\u201d at a rally in Phoenix earlier this week. It also comes as Hurricane Harvey, which has been upgraded to a category four hurricane, is threatening to lay waste to the southwest.<\/p>\n
In a copy of Gorka\u2019s bluntly worded resignation, which he leaked to the Federalist, the former staffer \u201cexpressed dissatisfaction with the current state of the Trump administration.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201c[G]iven recent events, it is clear to me that forces that do not support the MAGA promise are \u2013 for now \u2013 ascendant within the White House,\u201d Gorka wrote. \u201cAs a result, the best and most effective way I can support you, Mr. President, is from outside the People\u2019s House.\u201d<\/p>\n In the letter, Gorka blamed the president’s failure to outline a plan for exiting Afghanistan after \u201c16 years of disastrous policy decisions” for being the final straw. He also criticized the president and his military advisers for omitting any mention of Radical Islam from the president’s statement on Afghanistan, delivered earlier this week.<\/p>\n \n\u201cRegrettably, outside of yourself, the individuals who most embodied and represented the policies that will \u2018Make America Great Again,\u2019 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\u2026 \u201cJust 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.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Echoing comments made by Bannon following his ouster last week, Gorka reportedly told the president that he could better serve his America First agenda from the outside: “[I]t is clear to me that forces that do not support the MAGA promise are \u2013 for now \u2013 ascendant within the White House…”<\/p>\n That’s probably not far from the truth. As\u00a0Axios\u00a0<\/a>points out, Gorka, a self styled national security and counterterrorism expert, was best known for his fiery television appearances, his only real contribution to the administration, and the quality that initially endeared him to the president. Gorka can easily keep up his TV schedule from outside of the West Wing. Gorka was widely reviled by Trump opponents because of his reputed affiliation with Hungarian nationalist group Vitezi Rend.<\/p>\n According to Axios, Gorka’s resignation is a sign that Chief of Staff John Kelly is tightening control of the White House’s sprawling, unaccountable fiefdoms.<\/p>\n The White House communications department confirmed that Gorka was no longer employed at the White House, but wouldn’t comment on whether he was fired or left voluntarily, according to\u00a0ABC.<\/a><\/p>\n “I can confirm he no longer works at the White House,\u201d the official said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n His ouster brings the number of officials who have been fired or otherwise departed the Trump administration to 14:<\/p>\n Finally, with the ouster of Bannon, the list of high-ranking personnel fired by Trump rises to 14. They are:<\/p>\n Sally Yates Maybe Trump will start putting weekly firings on the White House calendar?<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user245717\/imageroot\/2017\/08\/19\/2017.08.25gorka_0.JPG\")
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\n\u201cThe 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\u2026<\/p>\n
\nMichael Flynn
\nKatie Walsh
\nPreet Bharara
\nJames Comey
\nMichael Dubke
\nWalter Shaub
\nMark Corralo
\nSean Spicer
\nMicheal Short
\nReince Priebus
\nAnthony Scaramucci
\nSteve Bannon
\nSebastian Gorka<\/p>\n