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.
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.
That’s very true. Although he is more informed on the topic than your average person. In other words, he knows enough to know better, but fame and fortune are some powerful drugs.