Robert Gabriel Jr.

Robert Gabriel Jr. is an American political advisor, speechwriter, and former television producer who served as the United States deputy national security advisor alongside Andy Baker from May 2025 to May 2026. Gabriel had additionally served as an assistant to the president for policy from January 2025.

Career Policy advisor and special assistant (2016–2021) Gabriel earned his bachelor's in economics with a concentration in policy from New York University. He served as a policy advisor for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. In January 2017, he was named to Stephen Miller's staff as a special assistant. Gabriel later became an associate producer of The Ingraham Angle (2017–present). By January 2021, he had become a speechwriter for Trump; during the January 6 Capitol attack, he texted an unknown staffer, "Potus im sure is loving this ." That morning, after Vice President Mike Pence told Trump that he would not follow through with Trump's fake electors plot, Gabriel instructed speechwriters to "reinsert the Mike Pence lines," referring to lines Trump wrote directly urging Pence to "refer the illegally submitted electoral votes back to the states".

Post-government work (2021–2025) In August 2022, NJ PBS revealed that Gabriel had established a limited liability company that began receiving monthly payments from a political action committee associated with Trump.

Assistant to the president for policy (2025–present) In January 2025, Gabriel was named as an assistant to the president for policy. In January 2026, Gabriel was named as a member of the Board of Peace. He left his position as the deputy national security advisor in May 2026. Gabriel was succeeded by Michael Needham.