Sebastian Gorka to Newsmax: Trump Shifts Tide on Dealing With Terror Threats

Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to President Donald Trump and senior director for counterterrorism, told Newsmax on Friday that the “golden dawn” the new administration promised for Americans doesn’t only apply to prosperity and freedom but also about dealing with foreign adversaries.

On Feb. 1, in the U.S. military’s first operation in Trump’s second term, the president ordered precision air strikes targeting a senior ISIS attack planner and others the terrorist recruited and led in Somalia.

In a post later that day on Truth Social, Trump wrote, in part, “Our Military has targeted this ISIS Attack Planner for years, but [Joe] Biden and his cronies wouldn’t act quickly enough to get the job done. I did! The message to ISIS and all others who would attack Americans is that ‘WE WILL FIND YOU, AND WE WILL KILL YOU!’”

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