Donald Trump’s New Year’s Eve Party at Mar-a-Lago: Who Was There
- Attendees: Giuliani, My Pillow Guy, son Eric
- Not Attending: Ivanka and son Don Jr.
palm beach – Former President Donald Trump Hundreds of Mar-a-Lago members and a handful of political cronies entered the new year Saturday night, capping a year in which the former president saw some notable setbacks in both legal and political circles. rice field.
For the past few years, Hollywood celebrities have attended the annual New Year’s Eve party held at the Palm Beach Club. But this year, the most notable people to attend the gala in gorgeous black ties and long gowns came from the former president’s political trajectory, including pollster Dick Morris. Legal Counsel Rudy Giuliani and pillow maker Mike Lindell. All walked the red carpet but did not comment on Trump or their expectations for 2023.
Trump’s second son, Eric, and his wife, Lara, also attended. However, his two other adult children, Donald, Jr., who played key roles in Trump’s political endeavours, did not appear. with daughter Ivanka I was at an event.
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What did Trump say at the event?
playing cards, Who announced his 2024 White House candidacy In November, he briefly spoke to the media when he and Melania Trump entered the ballroom.
Trump says he hopes the Russia-Ukraine war will be “resolved very quickly”, says he’s bullish on his 2023 campaign, and poll numbers look “great” He added that he had received several , but did not provide details. He also sounded his familiar theme.
“We need a strong border and we need it now,” he said, adding, “We have to revive the economy…inflation is destroying our country.”
But Trump specifically sidestepped Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ call for an investigation into the COVID vaccine, and questions at the White House about the significant legacy of Trump’s first term. He supported a nationwide abortion ban. He also declined to answer a question about how he should observe this week, the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 riots and attempted coup at the US Capitol.
What did the event look like?
What else is going on with Trump?
The festivities ended 2022 with a series of significant setbacks and losses for Trump.
The former president has been criticized for failing to secure a majority in the Senate for Republicans, dominating the House with a thin and fragile majority, and losing a coveted governor. Convicted his business of tax evasion and other charges.
A week after starting his campaign, Trump caught fire Political uproar by having dinner with Kanye West, now known as Ye, and white supremacist Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes. West recently made a series of overtly anti-Semitic remarks.
A House panel investigating the January riots finished its work in late December with a lengthy report. publish transcripts of witness interviews – all as a result of holding a series of televised hearings later this year that turned out to be seriously damaging to Trump. Later, another House committee released Trump’s tax returns, showing he paid minimal taxes in his first and last years as president.
Other investigations have swirled around Trump, including a Justice Department investigation into why the former president kept government documents, including top-secret files, in Mar-a-Lago, and the 2020 election. Such as his efforts to later pressure Georgia election officials to find his thousands of votes. .
How is Trump dealing with voters heading into 2023?
USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll released last month 61% of Republican voters surveyed want someone other than Trump to be the 2024 Republican nominee.
Last week, Trump stirred up talk of a third-party candidacy if he doesn’t win the Republican nomination next year. Share his Truth Social headline “The Coming Split” article, Republican.
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Antonio Fins is a political and business editor. Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY Florida network.you can contact him afins@pbpost.com. Please support our journalism. Subscribe now.
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