Donald Trump Jr. has trashed his father’s annual New Year’s Eve bash at Mar-a-Lago on his “Triggered with Don Jr.” podcast, calling it “amateur night” and saying guests have often treated him like a “freaking imbecile.”
Footage of this year’s celebrations captured Donald and Melania Trump, running mate J.D. Vance (and his wife Usha) and partying MAGA supporters clapping and singing along to Village People’s “YMCA.”
First buddy Elon Musk had his son, X, on his shoulders; Lara Trump, wife of Don Jr.’s brother Eric and former co-chair of the Republican National Committee, took to the mic with her rendition of Tom Petty’s classic "I Won’t Back Down."
Don Jr. could even be seen hamming it up with his new girlfriend, socialite model Bettina Anderson.
But the president-elect’s eldest son revealed before the big night that ringing in 2025 would be “a little rough.”
“I get to be around a thousand drunk people giving me their political opinions that I don’t necessarily want to hear,” he told his podcast guest Peter Schweizer. (Trump Jr. has reportedly been sober for over two decades.)
“By about midnight when everyone’s like, you know, 12 beers deep or whatever it is they’re drinking... it’s not for me,” he continued. “This’ll be like year, like nine of, ‘Hey, you know, have you ever thought to maybe have your dad not tweet that?’” he said. “I’m like, no, I’ve never thought that ‘cause I’m a freaking imbecile.”
Trump Jr. did note the political tips hadn’t so bad in recent years but insisted: “You wouldn’t know it but I’m basically a recluse… I’m okay with a mic when I have a big crowd, but I don’t like being around a lot of people if I can avoid it. I like fishing, hunting and, like, two people."
The party was also attended by the president-elect’s children Eric and Tiffany Trump, and his ex-wife Maria Maples.
Trump clearly didn’t share his son’s misgivings about the Mar-a-Lago bash, posting on his Truth Social account that he looked forward to seeing Musk at the party.
“Where are you? When are you coming to the ‘Center of the Universe, ‘Mar-a-Lago.’ We miss you and x! New Year’s Eve is going to be AMAZING!!!’