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While Sebastian Gorka said his role with Breitbart News hasn't yet been defined, he will be returning to the site where he once served as a national security editor. | Susan Walsh/AP Gorka says he's heading back to Breitbart

Former White House aide Sebastian Gorka said Saturday he will return to Breitbart News, reuniting him with longtime ally and ex-White House chief strategist Steve Bannon.

Gorka left his post on Friday as a national security adviser under President Donald Trump — he claimed he resigned, which the White House disputed. While Gorka said his role with Breitbart News hasn't yet been defined, he will be returning to the site where he once served as a national security editor.

“I will be working with you, with Steve, with the Breitbart crew,” Gorka said during an interview with Breitbart Washington editor Matt Boyle on SiriusXM.

Gorka said that while he had no plans to supplant the existing national security editor, he had grand visions for the vertical that included championing Trump’s national security prerogatives during the 2016 campaign. The former White House aide criticized Trump’s recent speech on his plans to increase troop deployment in Afghanistan, casting it as a failure of his current national security team.

“I realized after the president’s speech this week on Afghanistan that he wasn’t been well served,” Gorka said.

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Gorka also stood by his claims that it was he who decided to part ways with the White House, not the other way around.

In a resignation letter published Friday night by The Federalist and confirmed by POLITICO, Gorka cited “forces” that do not support President Donald Trump’s “MAGA promise” as his reasoning for leaving the West Wing.

But the White House pushed back against his claims. An administration official wrote in a statement Friday: "Sebastian Gorka did not resign, but I can confirm he no longer works at the White House.”

On Saturday Gorka claimed to have informed Chief of Staff John Kelly of his intention to resign on Friday earlier in the week.

Even as he discussed his return to Breitbart, Gorka said he's in “negotiations” with "lots of different people" in plotting his next move.