Who has Donald Trump’s ear on Iran?

Donald Trump weighs one of his biggest decisions – whether to launch air strikes on Iran – after weeks of turmoil in the foreign policy team, including the dismissal of national security adviser Mike Walz.

Fox News and other conservative media that the American president sees advice.

But who is it Trump Listen to the Oval Office, where he will decide whether to go to war? His closest adviser are two potential caliphs of the president, JD Vance and Marco Rubio, the real estate developer who turned into Envoy Steve Witkoff, and CIA director John Ratcliffe.

On the sidelines is Toulcy Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence. Defense Minister Beit Higseth appears less influential than General Dan Kane, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and General Michael Corella, US Army Commander in The Middle East.

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The inner circle

JD Vance

Recently, in March, the 40-year-old vice president-who is skeptical of US military intervention throughout his short political career-warns of the private sector that it would be a “mistake” for America to strike the Houthi rebels supported by Iran in Yemen.

But by this week, Vans -who has an individual contact with Trump and is the candidate for the Republican Presidential Nomination for 2028-to rationalize a possible attack on Iranian nuclear facilities.

“Of course, people are right to worry about foreign tangle after the past 25 years of stupid foreign policy. But I think the president has gained some confidence in this issue,” he wrote on X.

Marco Rubio

The former Senator Florida, 54, gained Trump quickly Foreign policy In the first months of his second term. Rubio is not only the foreign minister, but also replaced Waltz as a national security adviser, making him a key player in the White House.

Rubio Traditionally extends to American foreign interventions, but adapts to Trump’s approach to being more guarded.

Among the Cabinet trustees, he has the largest national political image and could be a rival of Fase in 2028. At the present time, he was working on phones with foreign ministers around the world to keep them aware of Trump’s changing views of Iran.

Steve Witkev

Steve Whizov, 68, has known Trump for decades as a real estate developer in New York, business partner and player.

But despite his small diplomatic experience, Trump and Witfouf assigned the leading negotiations on the most sensitive international issues in America. Among them is Ukraine: He traveled to Moscow and held talks with President Vladimir Putin about the end of Russia’s invasion of its neighbor.

As an envoy in the Middle East, he has led the American delegation to negotiate with Tehran over the past two months, and is still in contact with Abbas Aragshi, the Iranian Foreign Minister. If Trump highlighted a late deal to avoid war with Iran, it will be a role that is very important. But he works without his former deputy, Morgan Ortigos, who recently left the administration.

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Hawk

John Ratcliffe

When Trump held his best consultant in Iran at Camp David this month, the head of the CIA, John Ratcliffe, was the most disturbing evaluation of Tehran’s intentions.

Ratcliffe, 59, is Iran, Hook Maarouf, returning to his time as director of national intelligence during the first period of Trump.

In a recent closed session with legislators, Iran compared Iran’s nuclear ambitions with an American football team that was walking on the field and near scoring, according to the Washington Post. “It is like the words of a football team, which followed 99 yards on the field, and it reached the single courtyard,” he said.

Michael Corella

US military, Michael Corella – known as “Eric” and the title of “Gorilla” – leaves his position as commander of the US Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, this summer after three years. But Corella’s effect on Trump’s thinking is far from fading.

In fact, the California -born general who served in Mosul, Iraq is among the most influential voices within the administration in Iran, given that it will direct any operation alongside Israel to destroy the nuclear capabilities of the two. It is known that it is close to the Israeli army.

Mike Hackabi

While he was deviating towards launching a strike on Iranian nuclear facilities this week, Trump posted a message from Mike Hackabi, the American ambassador to Israel, on the social truth. He said that no president was “in a situation like you … since Truman in 1945”: a reference to the American leader who authorized nuclear bombs in Japan at the end of World War II in the Pacific.

“You did not seek this moment. This moment I sought you!” Hackabi told Trump. He added: “I think you will hear from the sky and this voice is much more important than me or anyone else.”

Hakapi, the former Arkansas governor, is not only in support of the enthusiasm of Israel, but it represents Trump’s Evangelical Christian base. He believed Iran, and pushes the president to participate in the Israeli side.

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Loyal

And Ken

General Dan Kane, 56, was extracted from retirement by Trump to replace General CQ Brown as head of the joint chiefs of staff, or senior military officials in America and the president’s advisor.

The air force pilot, nicknamed “Razin”, was patrolled in the sky of Washington in the wake of the September 11 attacks and then served in Iraq.

But the main feature that I loved to Trump was his loyalty, at a time when the president is not only thinking of the new military action in the Middle East, but also a greater use of American forces at the local level to crush the protests and impose the immigration campaign.

“I love you, sir. I think you are great, sir. I will kill you, sir,” Kane told Trump, according to the president’s account of their meeting in 2018.

Higseth House

The former 45 -year -old Fox News, the 45 -year -old, escaped his voting in the US Senate, faced to stay in his job after publishing sensitive information about military operations in Yemen in the chat group chat that was shared with a correspondent.

But Higseth is still responsible for the Pentagon, although military leaders seem to advise Trump more closely with the strategy. The Minister of Defense insists that he offers Trump with all the plans and options he needs to make his final decision regarding the participation of the United States.

“In the Ministry of Defense, our mission is to prepare and prepare for options. This is exactly what we do.”

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Stranger

Tolsi Gabbard

The former Democratic Congress member of Hawaii became Trump’s ally during the 2024 campaign, when he tried to attract left -wing voters to his case – not the least of which he pledged to end the era of “Forever Wars” to America.

But after securing the position of prominent National Intelligence Director, Gabbard, 44, is already in hot water with the administration and was publicly reprimanded by Trump after saying in March that Iran had not started its nuclear program.

“It is wrong.” Earlier in the week, the president said he “did not care” with what Gabbard said in the Iranian nuclear program.