Michael Anton (born 1969) is an American conservative essayist, speechwriter and former private-equity executive who is currently the director of policy planning in the second Trump administration since January 2025.

Jan 20, 2025 · In President Trump’s first administration, Anton served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communication on the National Security Council Staff at the White House.

Dec 17, 2024 · As the head of the State Department’s influential internal think tank, Anton — whose nomination does not require confirmation — will be positioned to fundamentally reshape American foreign policy, bringing his nationalist ideology and anti-globalist stance to an office historically responsible for grand strategy.

Michael Anton is a lecturer and research fellow at Hillsdale College, a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute, and a former national security official in the Trump administration. Click here to read CRB articles from this Scholar. Verifying...

Dec 9, 2024 · Michael Anton will be Trump’s director of policy planning in the department, Trump shared. “Michael has served me loyally and effectively at the National Security Council in my...

Dec 9, 2024 · Donald Trump announced Sunday his selection of Michael Anton to be the director of policy planning at the State Department under the prospective secretary, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL).

Oct 20, 2020 · In 2016, Michael Anton wrote a much-noticed essay called "The Flight 93 Election." It portrayed Trump's campaign as a desperate bid to save America from oligarchs, illegal...

Jul 21, 2023 · Michael Anton, a former National Security Council staffer in the Trump White House, is a lecturer in politics at Hillsdale College’s Washington, DC, campus and a senior fellow of the Claremont Instit…

Dec 11, 2020 · In September 2016, Michael Anton wrote an essay for the right-wing Claremont Institute, “The Flight 93 Election,” making the case for Donald Trump’s election as a necessary...

Michael Anton is the Jack Roth Senior Fellow in American Politics at the Claremont Institute, a lecturer at Hillsdale College, and a former national security official in the Trump Administration.