The second Trump administration was blossoming to life around him, dressed in black tie and glittery dresses. The action star Sylvester Stallone would soon speak. “The mood is just so freaking hot,” said Caroline Wren, a longtime Republican fundraiser and strategist, who had been telling people at the members-only club that the only job she wants in a second Trump term is to dress as the Easter Bunny on the White House lawn. “It’s cloud nine at all times.”But beyond the celebration and behind closed doors, much was not going according to plan. The president-elect has been largely unfazed, ebullient and soaking in his win on the Mar-a-Lago patio.

Source: Washington Post November 17, 2024 07:01 UTC