President-elect Donald Trump has picked Sebastian Gorka, a staunch defender of his so-called Muslim ban who has said there is not such thing as Palestine, to be his counter-terrorism chief at the National Security Council.

Mr Trump called Mr Gorka “a tireless advocate for the America First Agenda and the Maga movement” in his Friday announcement of the nomination, noting his previous role as Strategist to the President.

Mr Gorka, a British-Hungarian-American with ties to Hungary's autocratic Prime Minister Viktor Orban, served as an adviser in Mr Trump's first administration and is known for his harsh anti-Islam stance and defence of the president-elect's policy on Muslims.

He is also strongly pro-Israel, refusing to acknowledge Palestinian existence, and has suggested “the United Nations could be pushed into” the Hudson river in New York.
 

Sebastian Gorka, appointed yesterday by Trump as Senior Advisor for Counterterrorism: "There is no such thing as Palestine; it's a name invented by the Roman Empire."
A must-watch fiery interview! pic.twitter.com/NWMAC9nbs8

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