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Mar-a-Lago Invite for Vets?
Calling all Patriots: Come to dinner at Mar-a-Lago! Just send me money and be automatically ENTERED TO WIN! Act now!
There’s a reason Donald J. Trump has become “The Master of Distraction”…and a perfect example of his artful dodging arrived yesterday in an unexpected e-mail invitation for my BFF:
“YOU’RE INVITED TO MAR-A-LAGO!”
So after all the havoc The Donald has wreaked with massive firings of government workers, funding cuts in education, childcare, welfare, and other programs for the disadvantaged and aged and impaired, he’s going to distract us with his pseudo-benevolence. He’s actually going to give some lucky American the chance to come to the Winter White House.
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“I will cover the ENTIRE cost,” he promises, “that’s how much I want you to see the Winter White House!”
OMG! Somebody pinch me! It’s a dream come true…for a price, that is.
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Here’s the rest of his “all-expense paid” offer:
“Just chip in any amount BEFORE MIDNIGHT and enter to win for an UNFORGETTABLE night!”
Hmmm. That invitation came on March 20,2025.
Now it’s March 21, 2025.
Now it’s too late for BFF to have an unforgettable night. But wait. Last night he already HAD an unforgettable night: another nightmare. Another nightmare about being shut out and excluded from deserved care and safety. He’s not the only one, either.
Ever since this extravagantly phoney resident of Mar-a-Lago — and pet pitbull Elon — began slashing cuts in service and funding, BFF has been anxious, upset, and worried about keeping his social security, Veteran’s benefits, and VAMC healthcare…which brings us to more important questions.
How can this President have the nerve, the unmitigated insensitivity, to ask any Patriot to “chip in any amount” when so many people — especially veterans, the aged, and aging veterans — are just scraping by from month to month?
That answer lies in his own words written in his own invitation:
“I wouldn’t let just anyone into my luxurious Mar-a-Lago residence, Patriot.”
“I want to make sure only a TRUE TRUMP-LOVING Patriot gets to experience this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!”
So he’ll take whatever cash you want to give him, but the one giving him the most money gets his prize. Although his offer has all the markings of a raffle ticket, The Donald is going to make sure his gift will go to a MAGA Republican voter who will be ready to incessantly adore him as a gift from God. And isn’t that what Project 2025 is REALLY about: Exalting and continually honoring America’s Great Leader.
But after the way Trump has been ripping off the American people, how long is it going to take to find a TRUE TRUMP-LOVING Patriot?
And how could he guarantee that staying at Mar-a-Lago really would be a dream come true — and not a bone-chilling nightmare?
Meanwhile, we’re all waiting for the price of eggs to become reasonable again — just as “The Master of Distraction” promised he would do on his first day in office…