Donald Trump has ousted the chief saboteur of his relationship with Elon Musk from the White House.
Sergio Gor served as director of the Office of Presidential Personnel, controlling hiring and firing across the administration — with a special focus on loyalty.
But now he’s heading off to be US ambassador to India and will be replaced by Dan Scavino, who has worked for the president ever since he was first hired at 16 years old as Trump’s caddie.
The seismic shake-up at the White House comes after Gor clashed explosively with Elon Musk over the billionaire’s pick for NASA chief, Jared Isaacman.
Musk quit Trump’s government days after Isaacman was dumped by the White House and branded Gor ‘a snake’. Gor reportedly ran around the West Wing giddily showing the Tesla stock price crashing on his phone.
Gor’s White House removal comes as Trump met with Isaacman in recent weeks to discuss reviving his nomination for NASA. It was pulled in May after Gor dropped a dossier on Trump’s desk showing Isaacman’s donations to Democrats.
Trump wrote on Truth Social early on Sunday: ‘I am pleased to announce that the great Dan Scavino, in addition to remaining Deputy Chief of Staff of the Trump Administration, will head the White House Presidential Personnel Office, replacing Sergio Gor who did a wonderful job in that position, and will now become the Ambassador to India.
‘Dan will be responsible for the selection and appointment of almost all positions in government, a very big and important position. Congratulations Dan, you will do a fantastic job!!!’ Trump added.
From left: Aide Walt Nauta, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, Assistant to the President Sergio Gor, and an aide, wait for U.S. President Donald Trump to board Marine One on the South Lawn before joining him on May 1
Trump and Musk speak before departing the White House on his way to his South Florida home in Mar-a-Lago in Florida on March 14
Katie Miller, wife of White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller listens, as White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino and White House Communications Director Stephen Cheung look at their smartphones during a press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30
Gor was announced to be the administration’s ambassador to India on September 8th, and was confirmed to the post on October 7.
Nick Solheim, CEO of the conservative staff training non-profit American Moment, who worked alongside the Presidential Personnel Office during the Trump transition, said: ‘Mr. Gor has done a great job revolutionizing the Presidential Personnel Office.
‘He will continue to do great things as President Trump’s representative to India. This posting to a nation as critical as India reflects the trust Mr. Gor has to carry out the President’s agenda.’
On Scavino taking up the new staffing post, Solheim noted that ‘there is no one better than Dan Scavino to head PPO as someone who has worked closely with the President for decades. I believe Mr. Scavino will carry on in Mr. Gor’s tradition of placing ideologically aligned people in high leverage positions to advance the President’s agenda.’
