Donald Trump has attended his second extravagant party at Mar-a-Lago in a week as tens of thousands of federal employees go without pay, leaving some of them, and many more Americans, to turn to food banks amid the longest government shutdown in history.

Images of the president were shared by guests on social media Friday at the lavish event which featured a three-course menu of beef filet, truffle dauphinoise, pan-seared scallops and a trio of desserts including “Trump chocolate cake.”

Trump was seen dining at a table surrounded by MAGA supporters, and posing with his thumbs up next to women in ballgowns. The event also featured ice sculptures and an opera performance.

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    This is seriously “let them eat cake” levels of maliciousness and the people are too fucking stupid to do anything about it. I thought I had become jaded about things but now I’m just flabbergasted. Propaganda really fucking worked better than anything has in human history.

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      We are territorial animals. Creating a shared enemy for your tribe/pack/herd etc to fear/hate works better than anything, even to the extent you will turn a blind eye to your sides leaders blatant incompetence and corruption. He might be shit, but he’s our shit. We did the same thing when Biden was a gibbering doddery oap, and Labour are doing it now in the UK despite Starmer and Co governing from the sodding right.

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      Whether long-range weapon or suicide bomber
      Wicked mind is a weapon of mass destruction
      Whether soaraway Sun or BBC One
      Misinformation is a weapon of mass destruct
      You coulda Caucasian or a poor Asian
      Racism is a weapon of mass destruction
      Whether inflation or globalisation
      Fear is a weapon of mass destruction

      Whether Halliburton, Enron or anyone
      Greed is a weapon of mass destruction
      We need to find courage, overcome
      Inaction is a weapon of mass destruction

      https://youtu.be/uzgBD2wysuI