The 21 People In Trump World You Need To Know

Donald Trump is back. And he’s brought a cadre of familiar, and not so familiar, faces with him.

The Trump 2.0 brain trust isn’t wholly dissimilar from Trump 1.0, including the longtime loyalists who stood beside the president through his Florida exile and his Manhattan courtroom days as well as an array of friends and donors who have long traveled the Mar-a-Lago circuit.

But it also features an array of newcomers who proved their mettle, and loyalty, on the 2024 trail by using their platform, or their dollars, to support the MAGA cause — and reflect the broad coalition the president now helms.

These are the people Trump dials up at all hours of the day both to gab and get their counsel, or are in close physical proximity to him. They’re the people who will have his ear as he enters his second four-year term as president with a robust policy agenda that includes mass deportations, expansive tariffs — and maybe trying to buy Greenland.

Trump is, as always, no ordinary politician. His orbit reflects that, including the wealthiest man in the world, the head of a mixed martial arts promotional company and a so-called “human printer” who credits the president with saving her life.

But, one’s place in Trump world can also be ephemeral. Those who have his ear today could as easily be out tomorrow. And those seemingly cast into exile have a way of finding their way back in.

With that in mind, here’s our nonexhaustive breakdown of the people the president is leaning on for counsel as of Inauguration Day, based on original reporting and interviews with people who know and have worked with Trump.