"On the very night SNAP benefits ended, Trump threw a Great Gatsby-themed ode to decadence and hedonism that even Jeffrey Epstein would have thought was a little over the top. There were dancers, costumes, champagne. A wonderful celebration where the theme was apparently gross income inequality. The slogan of the party as people were losing their food benefits was I sh*t you not a little party never killed nobody."
"Usually at a time of national suffering, there's a generally accepted principle in leadership that you at least pretend to feel the pain of the people that you represent. But this president seems to go out of his way to let struggling Americans know that he is doing very well. Your premiums may be going up, tariffs may be shutting down your small businesses, you may be losing your food assistance, but it'll all be OK because Donald Trump is building a ballroom that looks like the inside of Marie Antoinette's vagina!"
The Great Gatsby-themed Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago coincided with the end of SNAP benefits and featured dancers, costumes, champagne, and a celebration framed as gross income inequality. Observers characterized the event as decadent and hedonistic, noting the timing as insensitive amid rising premiums, tariffs affecting small businesses, and the loss of food assistance. Commentators compared the extravagance to figures associated with sexual scandal and highlighted The Great Gatsby's narrative of excess leading to death. Critics argued that leadership conventionally at least pretends to share public hardship, whereas the event signaled conspicuous wealth and obliviousness to suffering.
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