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Sergio Gor has used his dual appointments as ambassador to India and special envoy to Central Asia offered Gor to make the kind of deals the president loves, according to interviews with over a dozen officials and regional experts.
Sergio Gor addresses the media after a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, on Oct. 11, 2025. | Salman Ali/PTI via AP
When Sergio Gor left Washington last year, it wasn’t a secret that he had rubbed many in the White House the wrong way. President Donald Trump even joked about it.
But Gor never really left Trump’s orbit. His dual appointments as ambassador to India and special envoy to Central Asia offered Gor a chance to make the kind of deals the president loves, helping explain why the 39-year old, who Elon Musk once called “a snake,” still gets regular face time with the president.
