US President Donald Trump has nominated his close aide Sergio Gore as the next Ambassador of the US in India. Sergio Gore is currently the director of the ‘White House Presidential Personal Office’. Trump said in a social media post on Friday that Gore (38) “I have very good friends and have been with me for many years.” He said, “I am very happy to nominate Sergio Gore as the next Ambassador of America in India.”
Trump said Gore will also play the role of a special messenger for South and Central Asian affairs. The announcement has been made amidst the ongoing tension between the US and India. Trump said that Gore and his team recruited about 4,000 officers in federal departments and agencies in “record time”, which has filled more than 95 percent of the posts. He said that he will remain in his current role in the ‘White House’ till the name of Gore is seal. Earlier Eric Garcheti was the US ambassador to India from May 2023 to January 2025.
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Who is Sergio Gore?
Gore has been involved in Trump’s political work since 2020 and has played roles in the political action committees that raise funds for the campaign and support Trump. Gore currently leads the President’s Personnel Office of the White House. He will continue in this post till the Senate confirms his ambassador nomination. Sergio Gore was born in Tashkent, which was then part of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic under the Soviet Union, and later moved to the United States with his family in 1999. After settling in the US, he studied at the University of George Washington at Washington, DC, where they became active in conservative politics, joined the college Republican and established a campus chapter of the Young America Foundation.
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After his education, Gore Republican joined political circles and eventually worked for Kentki’s Senator Rand Paul. Over the years, he developed close ties with many people in US President Donald Trump’s broad network, including Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., with whom he later co-established a publishing company.
In 2024, Gor led a Trump supporter Super Pack, which was a strong financial assistance from the Isaac Peremater, former Marvel Executive and Member of Marvel. Despite his growing influence, Gore has been the subject of several controversial media reports, the most prominent of which is the report of The New York Times, which doubted his personal background and questioned his fame in Trump’s political field. A less known fact about Gore is that before reaching an important position in the Trump administration, he also worked as a wedding DJ once.
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Remandable, Gor played an important role in the controversy between Trump and Tech veteran Elon Musk. There was alleged conflict between Tesla’s CEO and Sergio Gore for months before Tesla’s CEO resigned from the Trump administration in May.
According to several reports, tension emerged during a hot cabinet meeting in March, where there was a debate between the Musk and other officials regarding the reduction in the agency. Although the name of Gore was not publicly taken at that time, internal sources say they opposed the effect of Musk on staffing.
The crack deepened after Gore helped to stop the enrollment of Jreds Isaqman to lead NASA, which was strongly supported by Musk. Trump later admitted that the decision was angry with the decision, and then he responded to a news of the New York Post, stating that Gore himself was not investigated properly, a social media post on X publicly criticized Gore and called him a “snake”.
The incident took a significant twist in Musk’s relationship with Trump and caused widespread differences, including Musk’s public attack on the administration’s agenda. According to Exios’ report, Gore did not want Musk to join these decisions and that is why Trump’s views on this matter have been impressed.
Gor has also been involved in the investigation of those appointed in the White House, and often the political loyalty to Trump for appointment is placed as a condition. He is considered one of the most powerful people behind the curtain in Trump’s team. He has raised a lot of money for campaigning and has maintained close ties with Trump’s donors and colleagues. Meanwhile, Trump’s Director of Communications said that Gor is “an important member of the team” who helped shape the administration.
Trump’s nomination was announced soon after the sudden cancellation of the proposed visit to New Delhi by US trade negotiaters from 25–29 August.
I am so excited for my dear friend @SergioGorwhom President Trump has nominated to be the Ambassador to the Republic of India. For years, he has helped make America great again by putting the right people in the right places at the right time.
He has been an integral part of… pic.twitter.com/TaTsetoWmL
– Secretary Kristi Name (@sec_noem) August 22, 2025