Sergio Gor, director of presidential personnel, was chosen by President Donald Trump to be the next ambassador to India, with the nomination announced on Truth Social. Trump framed the nomination as a promotion while possibly providing a soft landing for an embattled staffer. Gor played a role in a summer falling-out between Trump and Elon Musk after the withdrawal of Jared Isaacman's NASA nomination, prompting harsh insults. Rumors circulated that Gor might be nominated to Malta, which he calls home, but reports raised questions about his birthplace in Uzbekistan. The nomination occurs amid elevated U.S.-India tensions, including a 50 percent U.S. tariff on Indian exports tied to India's purchases of Russian oil.
President Donald Trump has chosen Sergio Gor, the director of presidential personnel, to be the next ambassador to India, he announced Friday on Truth Social. Trump depicted the nomination as a promotion, but he may have been offering a soft landing to the embattled staffer. Gor sparked the fiery falling-out this summer between Trump and the world's richest man Elon Musk, the New York Post reported.
Gor had played a role in Trump's yanking the nomination of Jared Isaacman, a friend of Musk, as head of NASA, triggering a flurry of harsh insults between the president and former ally. Rumors spread over the past week that Gor would be nominated ambassador to the small island country Malta, which he calls his home country. But questions have emerged about Gor's national origin, with the Times of Malta reporting last month that he was born in Uzbekistan.
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