Former president Donald Trump threw a party at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday night, and the only good thing about it was the fried shrimp and “pastry-wrapped hot dogs.”
The Washington Postreports that Trump and a “coterie of his top allies, donors, and paying club members” gathered at his Florida club to screen Rigged: The Zuckerberg-Funded Plot to Defeat Donald Trump, a new film from Citizens United president and Trump pal David Bossie. (For the record, Zuckerberg’s “plot” entailed publicly disclosing in 2020 that he and his wife were donating $400 million to local governments to cover election administration costs.)
It wasn’t just the “rigged election” theme that made this party so bad that even fancy piggies in a blanket couldn’t redeem it. Every detail in the Post’s write-up was at once utterly bonkers and totally unsurprising. So let’s have a little fun with it: Take the quiz below to see how well you know the ex-president’s party style.
What went down at the Mar-a-Lago Rigged premiere party?
Correct! Though the Texas senator is featured in the film attacking Mark Zuckerberg, it appears that he skipped the party.
Wrong! Everyone listed above, except Ted Cruz, attended this who’s who of Trumpy folks you never wanted to think about again.
Correct! A Mar-a-Lago employee asked each guest as they entered, “Would you like some Trump wine?”, according to the Post.
Wrong! Unlike Trump's steak order, your response was not well done.
Correct! David Bossie “repeatedly” introduced Trump as the “45th and 47th president of the United States,” according to the Post.
Wrong! Next time try rigging the results of this quiz.
Correct! The Post reports, “Trump drew lusty standing applauses every time he walked in — and before and after every time he spoke ...”
Wrong! We're talking about Donald Trump here, not Jeb “Please Clap” Bush.
Correct! The event spanned two “crystal-chandelier-packed ballroom[s],” according to the Post. After addressing the crowd in the first room, Trump moved to the second and “gave a similar but shorter speech to largely the same audience.”
Wrong! Trump loves to say things twice, and speeches are no exception.
Correct! Trump had a Leonardo DiCaprio poster on his bedroom wall throughout most of 1998, so this was a really big compliment.
Wrong! Frankly, my dear, you’re bad at Trump quizzes.
Correct! The Post noted that an Air Force One model was spotted during the event. This wasn’t a party decoration; the mock-up of Trump's aborted Air Force One redesign just has a permanent home on a Mar-a-Lago cocktail table.
Wrong! None of these items are at the National Archives, where they belong, but only the Air Force One model was spotted at the party.
Correct! Kari Lake, who’s running for governor in Arizona, brought a little MAGA rally to the event by approaching journalists, informing them that they’re the “enemy of the state,” and urging them to expose their “mainstream media” bosses.
Wrong! Now you know how it feels to be “Fake News.”
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