Matthew Forbes Pottinger worked as President Donald Trump’s deputy national security advisor from September 2019 through January 2021. Prior to this, he served as the National Security Council’s Asia director from 2017 to 2018, where he focused on the Trump administration’s China policies.
Given the tremendous turnover in his administration, his tenure stood out among senior aides for its length. After the attack on the US Capitol in 2021, he announced his resignation and left the White House the following morning.
Matthew Pottinger children: Who are his 2 kids?
The former marine corps officer got married to Yen Duong in 2014.
Their union has been blessed with two kids. Details about his kids have been kept from the public domain as of now.
Pottinger enlisted in the Marine Corps in September 2005 and worked as an officer in military intelligence.
He had come to see that democracy is worth fighting for as a result of China’s growth and the Iraq War. Fixing Intel: A Blueprint for Making Intelligence Relevant in Afghanistan is a report he co-authored.
