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,

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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.

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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.

Never one to mince words, President-elect Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton blasted his decision to re-appoint firebrand political commentator Seb Gorka as a senior director for counterterrorism.