Trump Hosts Jungle-Themed Halloween Party at Mar-a-Lago Days Before Midterms
Photo: The New York TimesPresident Donald Trump hosted a jungle-themed Halloween party at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday night, days before the midterm elections. Hundreds of guests gathered in a ballroom filled with dry ice and green lighting, where they ate a buffet that included crab and caviar. Guests wore costumes such as leopards, cheetahs, zebras, lions, jungle birds, reptilian scales and a fairy with iridescent wings. Trump told the crowd he had come dressed as himself, joking that he had been told to spend nine hours getting ready but had only ten minutes, so he came as Donald Trump. House Speaker Mike Johnson attended, while Vice President JD Vance spent Halloween with his children in Washington.
The left-leaning Washington Post and New York Times present the event as a display of luxury at the president's private club. The Post's headline calls the party lavish and notes that it came days before the midterms, a timing detail the other coverage does not stress. Its opening describes the costumed guests and the delicacies on offer. The Times headline uses Trump's line about coming as himself and calls the event a luxury Halloween. The Times excerpt describes his costume as a distinctly recognizable figure. Both outlets focus on the setting's opulence. The right-leaning Daily Mail covers the same party with a more colorful, guest-centered account. Its headline stresses sequined leotards and feathers, and it details individual costumes, such as the birds, the reptilian couple and the fairy. It quotes Trump's joke in full and adds that Johnson attended while Vance stayed home with his children. It does not mention the midterms in the portion available. All three outlets agree on the jungle theme, the Saturday date, the Mar-a-Lago location and the opulence. The difference is in emphasis: the left stresses extravagance and political timing, while the right stresses costumes, Trump's humor and attendees. Alternative and independent outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing.
How the sides differ Left sources stress the party's lavishness and its timing days before the midterms; right sources focus on guest costumes, Trump's joke about coming as himself, and attendees.
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- The New York TimesPaywall‘I Came as Donald Trump’: The President Hosts a Luxury Halloween at Mar-a-Lago
The Washington Post and New York Times emphasize the party's luxury and setting, with the Post noting its timing days before the midterms and the Times centering Trump's costume remark.
Not covering this story. None of the alternative or independent outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.
The Daily Mail gives a detailed, guest-focused account of costumes, quotes Trump's joke about coming as himself in full, and notes that Speaker Mike Johnson attended while JD Vance stayed in DC.