Michael Anton

Michael Anton
Anton in 2023
Deputy Assistant to the President for Strategic Communications
In office
February 8, 2017 – April 8, 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byBen Rhodes
Succeeded byGarrett Marquis[1][2]
Sarah Tinsley[1][2]
Personal details
Born1969 (age 54–55)
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity of California, Davis (BA)
St. John's College, Annapolis (MALA)
Claremont Graduate University (MA)

Michael Anton (born 1969) is an American conservative essayist, speechwriter and former private-equity executive who was a senior national security official in the first Trump administration. Under a pseudonym he wrote "The Flight 93 Election", an influential essay in support of Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign.[3][4]

Anton was Deputy Assistant to the President for Strategic Communications on the National Security Council under Trump.[5] He is a former speechwriter for Rupert Murdoch,[6] Rudy Giuliani, and Condoleezza Rice, and worked as director of communications at the investment bank Citigroup and as managing director of investing firm BlackRock.[7][3]

  1. ^ a b Vogel, Kenneth P. (May 21, 2018). "Meet the Members of the 'Shadow N.S.C.' Advising John Bolton". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 11, 2021. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Collins, Kaitlan (May 29, 2018). "Bolton adds two loyalists to the National Security Council". CNN. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Nguyen, Tina (February 23, 2017). "Machiavelli in the White House: Is This the Most Powerful Man in Trump's Administration?". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
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  5. ^ "Michael Anton | C-SPAN.org". C-SPAN. Archived from the original on March 3, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Maas2017 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Johnson, Eliana; Stokols, Eli (February 7, 2017). "What Steve Bannon Wants You to Read". Politico. Archived from the original on April 23, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.

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