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erronis

(24,194 posts)
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 10:28 AM Nov 2025

The Great Graftsby -- Tom Sullivan

“A Little Party Never Killed Nobody”



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Fresh off of demolishing the East Wing of the White House to erect a garish, 90,000 sq-ft ballroom funded by billionaires and megacorporations, Trump jetted off to Mar-a-Lago for an opulent, Great Gatsby-themed Halloween party for more rich friends. Associated Press White House Correspondent Danny Kemp posted a photo reporting “Official theme is Gatsby and ‘a little party never killed nobody’,” a song from the 2013 film The Great Gatsby.
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”

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Do you think anyone will notice?

Daily Beast noticed: Trump Gathers MAGA Pals for Tone-Deaf ‘Gatsby’ Theme Party

Hours before more than 40 million Americans were due to lose their SNAP benefits, the president and his court of cronies banqueted in style.

The Irish Star noticed: Trump seen at Mar-a-Lago Halloween party with dubious theme before SNAP aid ends

The president threw an opulent party at his Mar-a-Lago resort as more than 40 million low-income Americans faced losing SNAP aid.

Newsbreak: Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Gatsby Bash Hits a Nerve as SNAP Benefits Hang by a Thread

Only Donald Trump could throw a party that looks like a scene from The Great Gatsby while millions of Americans’ food aid is vanishing.

The Daily Mirror: Donald Trump spotted at Mar-a-Lago Halloween party with questionable theme hours before SNAP aid ends

Mediaite: Trump Rants About Paying Food Stamps ‘If’ He Gets ‘Appropriate’ Guidance From Court — As He Throws Great Gatsby Blowout

President Donald Trump attacked Democrats in a rant about being forced to pay SNAP benefits during the government shutdown — even as he threw a glitzy Great Gatsby-themed party at Mar-a-lago.

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The Great Graftsby -- Tom Sullivan (Original Post) erronis Nov 2025 OP
Is that Little Marco off to the right, looking, as usual, like his soul is being sucked from his body? Ocelot II Nov 2025 #1
Yes - that is the soulless little Marco on his left Pachamama Nov 2025 #2

Ocelot II

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1. Is that Little Marco off to the right, looking, as usual, like his soul is being sucked from his body?
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 10:33 AM
Nov 2025

I think Rubio knows very well that he sold his soul, and he's either starting to regret it or wondering if he got a fair deal.

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