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Frank Gaffney.

Frank Gaffney, one of the unofficial advisers behind President Trump鈥檚 Muslim travel ban and a key right-wing voice on national security issues, has a nominee in mind to replace former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn 鈥� a bold choice, someone he thinks can help the new chief executive overcome the Flynn debacle.

Ret.听Lt. Gen. William G. 鈥淛erry鈥� Boykin.

On Tuesday, Gaffney 听his advice to Trump: 鈥淩etired Lieutenant General William 'Jerry'听Boykin is that man. He can help Trump make America great again.鈥�

Gaffney expanded the idea further in a听column for the right-wing webzine Newsmax titled He referenced Reagan鈥檚 1986 selection of William Clark as national security advisory.听

鈥淟ike Ronald Reagan, [Trump] needs a top hand who has the judgment and ability to staff up and guide a national security team to achieve victory over Jihad,鈥� he wrote. 鈥淩etired Lieutenant General William "Jerry" Boykin is that man.鈥�

Gaffney also XM Radio program and promoted Boykin further. 鈥淲e need a similar guy. I have a candidate. I鈥檓 sure that鈥檚 the kiss of death, but I believe the guy who should replace General Mike Flynn is another retired Army lieutenant general听by the name of William 鈥楯erry鈥� Boykin,鈥� Gaffney told host Alex Marlow.

He said Boykin has 鈥渢hat kind of clarity and courage under fire, most especially, of an extraordinary leader of men, one of our most decorated special operators.鈥�

鈥淭his is the guy for this time, I think, and I hope that Donald Trump will think about bringing him in. He knows him, he worked with him in the course of the campaign, and he would, I believe, help him execute a strategy for victory over jihad, which is what we need at the moment,鈥� he said.

However, if Trump is seeking to avoid controversy,听Boykin might not fit the bill.

Boykin came to national prominence while still in the Army during the Iraq war, when he gave a speech about hunting down strongman Osman Atto in Mogadishu.听"He went on CNN and he laughed at us, and he said, 'They'll never get me because Allah will protect me. Allah will protect me.' Well, you know what? I knew that my God was bigger than his," Boykin told the Los Angeles Times.听"I knew that my God was a real God and his was an idol." He also told a religious group in Oregon that Islamic extremists hate the United States 鈥渂ecause we鈥檙e a Christian nation, because our foundation and our roots are Judeo-Christian.鈥�

Alongside a history of, Boykin has said that听听to counteract the world鈥檚 growing Muslim population,听called听听who is using psychological operations on Americans,听claimed that the repeal of the 鈥渄on鈥檛 ask, don鈥檛 tell鈥� doctrine has听听of the military,听warned that Obama is听听with an agenda 鈥�,"听and听听to create a 鈥淏rownshirt army.鈥�

In 2014, Boykin was caught on a hot mic听making an awkward attempt at humor by telling a reporter from Israel that 鈥淛ews are the problem鈥� and the 鈥渃ause of all the problems in the world.鈥�

In 2015, he of the extremist anti-LGBT organization Watchmen on the Walls that Christians in America were being persecuted, and that it was time for them to rise up 鈥渓ike an Army.鈥�

鈥淭his SOGI [sexual orientation and gender identity] nonsense is an example of exactly what they鈥檙e trying to do us,鈥� Boykin said. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e trying to put us in a situation where we鈥檙e going to lose our businesses, where we鈥檙e going to be forced to accept what Adolf Hitler forced the church to accept in Germany in 1937.鈥�

鈥淲e鈥檙e at war,鈥� Boykin said, as he declared that the push for gay rights is 鈥渆vil鈥� and cannot be compared to the fight for civil rights: 鈥淭his is not about civil rights, this is about the evil that has come into our society and is trying to destroy our ability and our freedom to be able to worship our god as we choose.鈥�

鈥淲e鈥檙e not rising up against evil,鈥� he warned. 鈥淲hen we rise up against evil, we鈥檝e got to rise up like an army. We鈥檝e got to act like we鈥檙e in the military because, in fact, we are God鈥檚 army.鈥�

, Boykin has been executive vice president of the Family Research Council,听an anti-LGBT hate group.

Gaffney himself is no stranger to extremism.听His Center for Security Policy regularly demonizes听of Muslims both abroad and in the United States. He travels around the country and holds daylong conferences devoted to promoting those smears, along with a heavy dose of conspiracy theories and crackpot claims. He is also credited with having helped foment a significant wave of Islamophobia in the U.S. that crested in 2016.

Nonetheless, Gaffney鈥檚 CSP has played a critical role in shaping the Trump administration's foreign policy regarding Muslims. Trump made headlines during the campaign when he cited听dubious statistics generated by Gaffney鈥檚 group to defend his proposal for a ban听on all immigration by Muslims into the United States.

Trump reportedly on 鈥渘ational security issues鈥� from Gaffney during his transition, but he did not have a formal position with the new administration.

Even with Gaffney's support, however, Boykin is unlikely to be chosen. Sean Spicer, Trump has narrowed down the choice to replace Flynn to three candidates: Ret. Admiral Robert Harward, Ret. Gen. David Petraeus, and Ret. Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg.