Sebastian Gorka, a polarising figure with alleged ties to far-right groups and a history of incendiary rhetoric, has been tapped by Donald Trump for a senior counterterrorism role in his potential administration.

President-elect Trump named Sebastian Gorka to join his national security team, specifically as the deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counter terrorism. Gorka, who Trump noted in his announcement,

President-elect Donald Trump has named Sebastian Gorka as senior director for counterterrorism, after he briefly served in Trump’s first administration, though Gorka has also faced criticism for appearing to support a far-right Hungarian political group the U.S. says is linked to the Nazis.

President-elect Donald Trump‘s decision to tap Sebastian Gorka to serve in his new administration as deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism has raised eyebrows. Gorka faced an untimely exit from the first Trump administration over disagreements with former White House chief of staff John Kelly amid allegations of his ties to

US President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Sebastian Gorka, a former Trump official and media commentator, to return to the White House and serve in a senior national security role in the new administration.

Seven years after his last stint in the White House, Britain born Sebastian Gorka returns as an assistant and advisor on terrorism.

Sebastian Gorka ruffled feathers among even reverent Trump loyalists and other Republicans, who have described him as fringe and underqualified.

In a statement, Donald J. Trump lauded the firebrand conservative commentator as a “tireless advocate” for his agenda. There was no mention that Mr. Gorka had been forced out of the Trump administration in 2017.

Gorka played a role in the first Trump administration, where he was dogged by concerns about his inflammatory views.