NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: Top Trump aide Sergio Gor was sworn in as the US Ambassador to India, with President Donald Trump calling the post a “big deal” and underscoring that he is entrusting the new envoy to help strengthen one of Washington’s “most important international relationships”.
US Vice President J D Vance administered the oath of office to Gor at a special ceremony at the Oval Office on Monday.
Trump presided over the ceremony, which was attended by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, US Attorney General Pam Bondi, US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro, as well as Senator Lindsey Graham and the widow of political activist Charlie Kirk, Erika Kirk, among other officials and lawmakers.