--- title: White House: See Who Sits Closest to Donald Trump description: After moving into the Oval Office, President Trump has had some new real estate to divvy up: the offices around him. canonical: https://time.com/4658499/donald-trump-white-house-layout/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-02T18:44:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-30T12:20:25.268Z article:section: Politics og:title: See Who Sits Closest to President Trump in the White House og:description: This map shows the people Trump keeps close in the West Wing og:url: https://time.com/4658499/donald-trump-white-house-layout/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Who Sits Closest to President Trump in the White House twitter:description: This map shows the people Trump keeps close in the West Wing twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # See Who Sits Closest to President Trump in the White House by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) and [Lon Tweeten](https://time.com/author/lon-tweeten/) Feb 2, 2017 6:44 PM UTC by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) and [Lon Tweeten](https://time.com/author/lon-tweeten/) Feb 2, 2017 6:44 PM UTC There’s a saying in real estate that President Trump is probably familiar with: Location, location, location. After moving into the Oval Office, the [real estate developer](http://time.com/4629308/donald-trump-business-deals-world-map/) has had some new properties to divvy up: the offices around him. [Competing power centers](http://time.com/4657665/steve-bannon-donald-trump/) are nothing new in the West Wing, and [offices right next to the President’s](http://time.com/4641368/trump-inauguration-white-house-decorators/) are typically coveted spots. Among those with the closest proximity to power: Spokeswoman Hope Hicks, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and senior advisor Steve Bannon. Here’s a look at where some of the key players in the White House have offices. Click a circle or select a name from the dropdown to zoom in. _Photo credits: McGahn, Bannon, Walsh, Kushner, Hagin, Pence: AP; Short: John Shinkle—Politico; McEntee: TIME; Cohn, Priebus, Sanders, Trump, Conway, Hicks, Schiller, Miller, McFarland, Spicer: Getty Images; Ditto: Shealah Craighead—The White House; Dearborn: EPA; Flynn, Westerhout: Reuters_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4658499/donald-trump-white-house-layout/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4658499/donald-trump-white-house-layout/"},"headline":"See Who Sits Closest to President Trump in the White House","datePublished":"2017-02-02T18:44:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T12:20:25.268Z","description":"This map shows the people Trump keeps close in the West Wing","url":"https://time.com/4658499/donald-trump-white-house-layout/","keywords":["White House","Donald Trump","jared kushner","steve bannon","interactive studio"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Zeke Miller","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Lon Tweeten","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lon-tweeten/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4658499/donald-trump-white-house-layout/","name":"See Who Sits Closest to President Trump in the White House"}}]}] ```