Michael Anton
American conservative essayist & speechwriter (born 1969) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Michael Anton (born 1969) is an American conservative essayist, speechwriter and former private-equity executive who was a senior national security official in the 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]
Michael Anton | |
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Deputy Assistant to the President for Strategic Communications | |
In office February 8, 2017 – April 8, 2018 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Ben Rhodes |
Succeeded by | Garrett Marquis[1][2] Sarah Tinsley[1][2] |
Personal details | |
Born | 1969 (age 54–55) |
Political party | Republican |
Education | University of California, Davis (BA) St. John's College, Annapolis (MALA) Claremont Graduate University (MA) |
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]