Trump appoints Gorka, Wong to White House positions

President-elect Trump announced Friday that former State Department official Alex Wong will be named assistant to the president and principal deputy national security adviser, and that Sebastian Gorka, a former aide, will serve as deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism.

Both men served under Trump in his first term. Wong served in the State Department as Deputy Special Representative for North Korea and Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.

Rep. Mike Waltz, tapped by Trump to serve as his national security adviser, praised Wong at X.

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Sebastian Gorka and Alex Wong will serve under President-elect Trump for a second term. (Getty Images; Department of State)

“Alex has a proven track record of delivering results during President Trump’s first term, helping to negotiate the historic summits with Kim Jong Un that stabilized the relationship,” he wrote. “He will have an important role in helping keep America safe!”

Gorka, who Trump noted was a “legal immigrant,” previously served as deputy assistant to the president during Trump’s first term. He is also a former Fox News contributor.

“Since 2015, Dr. Gorka has been a tireless advocate for the America First Agenda and the MAGA movement, and previously served as a strategist to the president in the first Trump administration,” Trump said in a press release.

Gorka previously served in the first seven months of the Trump administration as a deputy assistant and strategist focusing on foreign policy and national security.

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He left the Trump White House in 2017.

The appointments were part of a series of announcements by Trump as he begins to shape his cabinet for his second term.