Who throws a costume party in December anyway, other than in Eyes Wide Shut? https://t.co/oHJN3LFM81
— Schooley (@Rschooley) December 4, 2016
Somewhere Jay Gatsby is going, “Ugh, tacky. ” But not Politico! “Trump attends donor’s ‘Villains and Heroes’ party — as himself”:
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday night attended a lavish costume party on Long Island hosted by his biggest donors, the Mercer family…
According to a Saturday evening pool report, Trump’s motorcade arrived at the party at 8:35 p.m. As Trump entered, dressed in a dark suit, overcoat and tie, he was asked who he was dressed as. Pointing at himself, the president-elect mouthed the word “Me.” Neither his wife, Melania Trump, nor Trump’s children attended. Top aide Steve Bannon and former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway attended, with Conway dressed as Super Woman, according to the pool report…
Although Trump during the campaign decried the influence of big donors, the Mercer family played a major role in his campaign and has wielded vast influence in his transition.
The family patriarch, hedge fund tycoon Robert Mercer, donated $2 million to a pro-Trump super PAC that came to be run by his daughter Rebekah Mercer, who controls the family’s political operations.
Rebekah Mercer played a pivotal role in persuading Trump to bring on three close allies of hers to run the campaign — incoming White House senior counselor Bannon and top campaign officials Conway and David Bossie…
The Mercers have hosted the party at their estate on Long Island’s North Shore around the holidays in each of the past several years.
It’s become an increasingly hot ticket as the Mercers have become bigger players in conservative politics.
Robert Mercer and his youngest daughter, Heather Sue Mercer, are competitive poker players, and past years’ parties have featured blackjack and poker tables. The Mercers supply chips — free of charge — that can be redeemed at the end of the night for lavish prizes such as gold Rolexes, according to people who have attended.
Staff and security at the event were dressed as Hell’s Angels and retro Salvation Army members, according to the pool report.
So, I guess this was a sort of coming-out party for Rebekah Mercer, as the new generation of bloated plutocrat parasitizing our commonwealth.
Maybe the best outcome the rest of us can hope for is that Ms. “But She’s the Smart One” comes to blows with “Daddy’s Little Princess” before the Trump Kakistocracy can embed itself too deeply in the national hide. Because I suspect those two have as many issues to work out as their more-famous-for-now daddies…
1. Remember this photo, demonstrating Trump's contempt for ethics and democracy? https://t.co/8TxnnE1Oip pic.twitter.com/Lq2h20IA3k
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) December 4, 2016
4. The Japanese retail giant Ivanka wants to do business with is OWNED by the Japanese government https://t.co/wNTKf5qvLC pic.twitter.com/gY4Unn4CLn
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) December 4, 2016
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