Anthony Senecal

{{Short description|American politician and butler (1941–2020)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Anthony Senecal

| birth_name = Anthony Peter Senecal

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|10|29}}

| birth_place = Plattsburgh, New York

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|04|21|1941|10|29}}

| death_place = Plattsburgh, New York

| nationality = American

| occupation = Butler
Politician

| employer = Donald Trump

| known_for = Personal butler to US President Donald Trump

| party = Republican

}}

Anthony Peter Senecal{{cite news|last1=Jerde|first1=Sara|title=Donald Trump's butler: Obama should have been shot in his first term|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/trumps-butler-hates-obama-2016-5|work=Business Insider|access-date=September 23, 2020}} (October 29, 1941 – April 21, 2020{{cite news|last1=Francis|first1=Breanna|title=Former Martinsburg Mayor Anthony Senecal dies|url=https://www.journal-news.net/journal-news/former-martinsburg-mayor-anthony-senecal-dies/article_21f663f3-5c34-55cc-b083-f771158d0b58.html|work=The Journal|access-date=September 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426174300/https://www.journal-news.net/journal-news/former-martinsburg-mayor-anthony-senecal-dies/article_21f663f3-5c34-55cc-b083-f771158d0b58.html|archive-date=April 26, 2020|url-status=live}}) was an American politician and butler. He was the butler of Donald Trump, and also employed as the "in house historian" and tour leader at Trump's private club and part-time residence, Mar-a-Lago.{{cite magazine|last1=Landy|first1=Benjamin|title=Trump's "Troubled" Ex-manservant Unrepentant After Secret Service Questioning|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=May 16, 2016|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/05/donald-trump-butler-secret-service|access-date=25 November 2016}} In the 1990s, he was the mayor of Martinsburg, West Virginia.

He entered the public spotlight in 2016 when numerous Facebook posts he made were exposed by Mother Jones. They included calls for executing Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.{{Cite news|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/05/trump-butler-anthony-senecal-facebook-kill-obama/|title=On Facebook, Trump's longtime butler calls for Obama to be killed|last=Corn|first=David|date=12 May 2016|work=Mother Jones|access-date=18 March 2018|language=en-US}} Senecal endorsed Donald Trump for president. Trump called Senecal's remarks "disgusting", adding that "Mr. Senecal is obviously a very troubled man.” Trump's campaign also disavowed Senecal's views when they were made public, but Senecal was allowed to continue conducting tours at the Trump property in Florida.{{Cite news|url=https://www.salon.com/2016/05/13/10_things_you_need_to_know_about_trumps_racist_ex_butler_who_threatened_obama_on_facebook/|title=10 things you need to know about Trump's racist ex-butler who threatened Obama on Facebook|date=2016-05-13|work=Salon|access-date=2018-03-09|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://time.com/4328717/donald-trump-butler-anthony-senecal/|title=5 Things to Know About Donald Trump's Longtime Butler Anthony Senecal|magazine=Time|language=en|access-date=2018-03-09}}