Kush Desai, an Indian-American former journalist, is now Donald Trump's Deputy Press Secretary

US President Donald Trump has appointed Kush Desai, an Indian-American former journalist, as his deputy press secretary. 

Desai previously held key roles, including Deputy Communications Director for the 2024 Republican National Convention and Communications Director for the Republican Party of Iowa.

Kush Desai 

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The White House Office of Communications will be overseen by Deputy White House Chief of Staff and Cabinet Secretary Taylor Budowich.

Desai previously served as Deputy Communications Director for the 2024 Republican National Convention and Communications Director for the Republican Party of Iowa.

Desai served as the Deputy Battleground States and Pennsylvania Communications Director at the Republican National Committee. In this role, he was responsible for shaping messaging and building narratives, with a focus on battleground states, especially Pennsylvania.

Desai has extensive experience in political communications.

Before joining the Republican National Committee as a Research Analyst, Desai worked as a reporter at The Daily Caller in Washington for 10 months, according to his LinkedIn profile.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College, a private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire.

According to his LinkedIn profile, he was awarded the James O. Freedman 

Presidential Research Scholarship, a programme that allows students to gain research experience by working with Dartmouth faculty.

He is bilingual, fluent in both English and Gujarati.

During his tenure at the Republican National Committee, Desai was designated as Deputy Battleground States and Pennsylvania Communications Director. 

In his role, he was responsible for drafting the messaging and shaping the narratives in the battleground states, especially in Pennsylvania. This state played a crucial role in contributing to Trump’s victory across all the seven states in the US election.

At the Republican National Committee, Desai held the role of deputy battleground states and Pennsylvania communications director, where he focused on messaging and building narratives for crucial battleground states. 

His efforts were particularly significant in Pennsylvania during presidential elections.  

The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday (Jan 25) escalated its poster war ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections, taking aim at rivals Congress and the BJP. 

For the first time, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi was featured prominently in the Arvind Kejriwal-led party’s campaign posters.

The poster, which bears the provocative tagline "Kejriwal's honesty will outweigh all the dishonest people" also features photos of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, and Delhi BJP leaders. 

However, the inclusion of Rahul Gandhi signalled that the gloves are off for AAP. 

The attack on Rahul Gandhi comes after LoP Lok Sabha hit out at AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal over his governance track record, claiming that he cannot match the achievements of former Delhi CM and Congress leader Sheila Dikshit. 

“Delhi now wants the real development model of former chief minister Sheila Dikshit and not the false propaganda and PR model of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal,” Rahul Gandhi said at a rally on Thursday.