The Final Year of the Trump regime begins with Giuliani offering to testify at Trump trial
At Trump's Mar-a-Lago #NYE2020 party, Rudy Giuliani says "I would testify" in the impeachment hearing pic.twitter.com/uO82niw86g
— Bloomberg Originals (@bbgoriginals) January 1, 2020
The President is retweeting from somewhere as guests begin to trickle in along the red carpet (though many are veering off the carpet, one door over, away from the cameras a bit.)
The music just started.
— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) January 1, 2020
Guests include Ben Carson, Lou Dobbs and the My Pillow guy. pic.twitter.com/Bbr2N4FU95
— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) January 1, 2020
Eric and Lara Trump. pic.twitter.com/xWYpuoGVS7
— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) January 1, 2020
PALM BEACH, Fla. — With the U.S. Embassy in Iraq under attack, President Donald Trump has thus far eschewed the typical laid-back New Year’s Eve optics.
He didn’t golf, instead holding a meeting about the Middle East at his own golf club rather than hitting the links. His Twitter feed has offered thoughts about the volatile situation throughout the day, sandwiched between the normal grumbling about Democrats. He spoke with the prime minister of Iraq about protecting the U.S. diplomats and other embassy staffers huddled in a safe room in Baghdad.
But if past New Year’s Eves at the president’s Mar-a-Lago property are any guide, the president could make an appearance Tuesday night at the luxury resort’s annual black-tie New Year’s Eve gala, a $1,000-a-head event that starts with cocktails by the main pool before moving to a decadent dinner in the estate’s massive ballroom. In the past, the shindig has attracted celebrities like Sylvester Stallone, Woody Allen, Rod Stewart, Serena Williams, Martha Stewart and Robert Kraft.
Eyebrow raising stat — over the last three years, Mar-a-Lago has nearly doubled its ticket prices for members' guests for its glitzy New Year's Eve party. In 2016, just weeks after Trump was elected, guests could get in for $575. Now it's $1,000. https://t.co/iOVrWNS2GQ
— Daniel Lippman (@dlippman) December 31, 2019
The president started his day at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, where Trump often plays golf when he stays at his luxury Mar-a-Lago resort. Instead of playing 18 holes of golf, though, Trump left the club after roughly 45 minutes, potentially mindful of the image of golfing as the diplomatic compound in Baghdad was surrounded. The State Department has said that while the protesters forced their way into the embassy compound, there had been no “breach” of the facility itself.
On Twitter, Trump said he had met at the golf club to discuss the Middle East, the U.S. military and trade. The White House didn’t respond to requests about whom Trump had met with or why they met at the golf club rather than Mar-a-Lago.
Trump in Palm Beach: President to host New Year's party amid political, global tension https://t.co/XyhTSLGFNj
— The Palm Beach Post (@pbpost) January 1, 2020
JUST IN: Kim Jong-un said in a New Year's speech that North Korea would abandon a self-imposed moratorium on testing nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missiles due to the Trump administration's hostile policies. https://t.co/XwoRjdUVGG
— Axios (@axios) December 31, 2019
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