US President Donald Trump said on Friday he nominated one of his closest aides, Sergio Gor, to be the next US ambassador to India. Sergio Gor, who is currently the director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office, would also serve as a special envoy for South and Central Asian affairs.

President Donald Trump nominated Sergio Gor, his head of presidential personnel, as U.S. Ambassador to India on Friday, despite ongoing controversies surrounding Gor’s background and a public feud with Elon Musk over alleged federal document falsification.