Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka seeks top counterterrorism job

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Source: Washington Post

Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka seeks top counterterrorism job

The maneuvering comes a month after Joe Kent, the National Counterterrorism Center's previous director, resigned in protest over the Iran war.

April 15, 2026 at 6:00 a.m. EDT Today at 6:00 a.m. EDT
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Sebastian Gorka, a national security aide to President Trump, is seeking to become the next head of the National Counterterrorism Center, a position that would give him broad powers over the country’s vast counterterrorism apparatus.

Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka seeks top counterterrorism job
The maneuvering comes a month after Joe Kent, the National Counterterrorism Center’s previous director, resigned in protest over the Iran war.
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11:40 AM · Apr 15, 2026
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This will be another "Does the Senate exist" test

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Sebastian Gorka, a national security aide to President Trump, is seeking to become the next head of the National Counterterrorism Center, a position that would give him broad powers over the country’s vast counterterrorism apparatus.

Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka seeks top counterterrorism job
The maneuvering comes a month after Joe Kent, the National Counterterrorism Center’s previous director, resigned in protest over the Iran war.
www.washingtonpost.com
11:30 AM · Apr 15, 2026
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Sebastian Gorka, a national security aide to President Trump, is seeking to become the next head of the National Counterterrorism Center, a position that would give him broad powers over the country’s vast counterterrorism apparatus.

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) 2026-04-15T15:30:14.011346945Z

[underpants]

1. Gorka IS a Nazi

Sebastian Gorka Made Nazi-Linked Vitezi Rend 'Proud' by Wearing Its Medal
Controversy has swirled around Sebastian Gorka, one of President Trump's top counterterrorism advisers, ever since he attended the president's Jan. 20 inaugural ball wearing the honorary medal of Hungarian nationalist organization Vitezi Rend. NBC News traveled to Hungary to dig deeper into Gorka's ties with the group, speaking with members of the organization as well as with locals who knew him when he lived there.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/sebastian-gorka-made-nazi-linked-vitezi-rend-proud-wearing-its-n742851

[rogue emissary]

11. That's not a deal breaker. Look at Graham Platner support on DU.

[djacq]

2. Wait... What?!

I agree with underpants.

Haven't forgotten the Nazi medal he wore at that event.

[yellow dahlia]

3. Not only are his politics sketchy and dangerous, he is "off his rocker".

He tries to hide his mania behind arrogance and pretention. He used to be a regular pundit on fauxnews. (I haven't been monitoring them lately.)

Being a nutjob is a prerequisite in the take over...BUT. He is especially dangerous given the state of things. I hope the Senate can locate their oath and protect us from this maniac. He is a national security risk!

[Ocelot II]

4. Anyone gets fired or quits, Trump always finds a replacement who's worse.

Count on it.

[Cherokee100]

5. KGB

Doesn't he work for Putin or am I confused.

[Buddyzbuddy]

6. He needs another source of information and means of influence on policy,

since he may have lost an income stream from Hungary. Similar to CPAC's situation.

[GiqueCee]

7. Seb Gorka is a suppurating boil...

... masquerading as a human being. There is NOTHING good about that fucker. But then, that sums up pretty much every Republican that Satan ever defecated.

[Kid Berwyn]

8. Gorka! If ever an immigrant deserved deporting, it's that NAZI.

Slime isn’t even a real Doktor.

[Behind the Aegis]

9. Replacing an anti-Semite with another anti-Semite...sounds about right.

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. If there's anyone in the USA I'd suspect of getting money from Orban, it's Gorka

I guess he's found his wingnut welfare from Hungary is about to dry up, and needs a real job. See also https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221174693 for how Orban paid right wingers in the UK.