$1000 for a wedge salad
Guests who paid four-figures for tickets to President Donald Trump’s annual New Year’s Eve party were left to party with his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, his two adult sons and various figures from the conservative media — none of whom wore masks — after the President made a last-minute decision to ditch the event and return to Washington.
No refunds, folks. In fact, kindly donate another four figures, or why not make it five, to my campaign to remain president for all eternity and to buy more ice cream for me.
No official explanation for the President’s early departure from Mar-a-Lago was given, though he remains consumed with efforts to overturn the election results and tensions are ratcheting up in the Persian Gulf ahead of the one-year anniversary of the US killing of Iran’s top general.
Peasants don’t get explanations. Peasants give money to Trump.
Without the President as the centerpiece, the wattage of Thursday evening’s party was somewhat dimmer. Performers whose heyday came decades ago — Vanilla Ice and Berlin — performed from the ballroom’s main stage. Guests angled for selfies with Giuliani, who was wearing a blue velvet tuxedo jacket, and Fox News host Judge Jeanine Pirro, along with personalities from the right-wing television network OANN.
In short, it was excruciating. (I can’t say I think Trump’s presence would have made it better though.)
But hey Don 2 and Eric were there with their squeezes, and Tiffany was around somewhere. Princess Ivanka and Prince Pencilneck were no-shows – probably snuggling on the sofa reading novels about rich people.
The tables were set for ten people, with no social distancing. Dinner was beef with cheese tortellini and Trump “wedge” salad. Sounds like a Denny’s, but whatever.
The President had been expected to attend as late as Wednesday. But by the evening, word had emerged that he and the first lady would be departing early the next day. Trump remained largely out of sight at his club during his stay as he fixated on the election results and the January 6 effort to delay certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
In other words he was watching tv and shouting.
Hey, it’s not a party unless Stank and Choad are there:
https://boingboing.net/2020/11/30/trumps-sons-high-school-nicknames-were-stank-and-choad.html
I had to look up wedge salad. It looks like shit, no matter what you put on it. It also looks extremely cheap to make, which makes ideal for Trump’s catering – even more profit margin.
In Australia, that name is spelled chode.
I read that as “wedgie salad” and thought that appropriate.
Ah well, anyone who pays $1000 to be in Trump’s posse deserves what they get – or don’t get in this case.
BTW, while skimming something in the Daily Mail I read “The suit named Pence” – which I thought very apposite. However it was actually the lawsuit naming him.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9105875/Pro-Trump-attorney-Lin-Woo-Mike-Pence-arrested-treason-face-execution-firing-squad.html
Do we know it was only $1000? After all, “four figures” could go a great deal higher.
We occasionally eat cheese tortellini when we can’t be bothered to do anything more fancy, but we wouldn’t expect anyone to pay $1000 or more to eat it with us.
I’m also wondering what they were offered to drink. As Trump is teetotal maybe they just had water or coca cola. If they were allowed alcohol, was it anything more fancy than Budweiser?
We don’t know it but it was the only 4-figure number CNN gave and I’m pretty sure they would have shared a higher number if they’d had one. I did suspect a faint sheepishness about saying four figures and then the lowest possible number as the example.