This being a holiday weekend — here in the U.S., at least — when we’re all focused on family and friends and giving thanks, I decided to flip past today’s usual news items of wars and other killings, political infighting and natural disasters, in search of something amusing . . . or at least on the lighter side.

And I found it — at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida, where the Trump family’s Thanksgiving dinner looked more like a bar mitzvah celebration.

I haven’t seen the guest list, nor do I care who was seated at all those other tables. But at the host’s table, in addition to Melania and Barron Trump — and seated directly next to Donald Trump himself — was the newest member of the clan . . . the guy who seems to be everywhere that Trump is . . . the omnipresent keeper of the presidential-elect secrets . . . the man I call “The Big X”: none other than Mr. Elon Musk.

One of the other guests — a French jewelry designer by the name of Yaakov Safar — took a video of Trump and Musk when they decided to bust a few moves to the Village People’s classic “Y-M-C-A,” while still seated. [Kit Maher, CNN, November 29, 2024.]

I would have paid a lot to see that!

The power couple (Trump and Musk — not Trump and Mrs. Trump, as you might expect) also worked the room together, stopping at each table to speak to the guests. As reported by Safar, “ . . . the rest of the time he spoke with Barron and Elon in great discussions on a lot of subjects, and the joy was enormous.” [Id.]

There’s no hint of what Melania Trump was thinking while the guys were doing their host-and-host duty and conferring between themselves and with 18-year-old Barron . . . though I imagine she was relieved to have been spared that task.

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On the day following the election, Trump’s granddaughter Kai had posted a Trump family photo in which Musk also appeared. Along with another picture including Musk, Kai said that he had achieved “uncle status.” [Id.]

Uncle Elon. How sweet!

And at an America First Policy Institute Gala at Mar-a-Lago earlier this month, Trump himself joked about Musk’s constant presence:

“He likes this place. I can’t get him out of here. He just likes this place.” [Id.]

Yeah, I’ll bet he does. What billionaire power junky wouldn’t shell out $118 million to buy his way into the Emperor’s inner circle?

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
11/30/24