Did Jared Kushner Call Sebastian Gorka A ‘Clown’?

By Daniel J. Solomon May 8, 2017

Sebastian Gorka was apparently saved from getting the axe as a White House aide through the personal intervention of President Trump and chief strategist Steve Bannon.

“[Bannon] put a stop to it — he’s loyal and a friend’s job was in danger and reputation was getting dragged through the mud,” an administration insider told the Daily Beast.

“The president really likes him and appreciates him as a good spokesperson for the administration, but he isn’t part of the [National Security Council] policy-making process,” another West Wing staffer told the Web site.

Gorka had been under fire – and at risk of being turfed out to a non-White House executive agency – after the Forward reported on his ties to neo-Nazi groups in his native Hungary. Democrats in the Congress have also called for his removal from office.

Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, is apparently displeased with the turn of events. According to the Daily Beast, Kushner has referred to Gorka as a “clown.”

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Daniel J. Solomon is the former Assistant to the Editor/News Writer at the Forward. Originally from Queens, he attended Harvard as an undergraduate, where he wrote his senior thesis on French-Jewish intellectual history. He is excited to have returned to New York after his time in Massachusetts. Daniel’s passions include folk music, cycling, and pointed argument.