President Donald Trump's MAGA inner circle has appeared to have entered the season of love with two Florida weddings this past weekend amid tensions over aggressive ICE immigration raids and killings of citizens, a recent attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and growing disapproval among voters.
The Cut's Olivia Craighead roasted the far-right followers and their leader for the separate celebrations, the first for 28-year-old Trump advisor Alex Bruesewitz and former Miss Nevada Carolina Urrea at Trump's Miami golf club and another for White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino and director of art in embassies Erin Elmore — officiated by Lara Trump — at Mar-a-Lago.
The outlet highlighted the arrivals of the president's closest allies and frenemies at the double events, including tech billionaire Elon Musk (in a red scarf), White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz, Trump adviser Kari Lake, FBI Director Kash Patel, MAGA rapper Nicki Minaj and Kanye West's former girlfriend Amber Rose.
Craighead called out the unusual moment.
"While immigration officers continued to stoke fear and chaos in Minneapolis, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was all smiles walking in with Homeland Security adviser Stephen Miller," Craighead wrote. "While not technically an accessory, Noem’s cardigan must be addressed. It looks like she ripped her dress on the way to the wedding and was forced to make an emergency Zara run."
The writer also mentioned an unusual detail at the Mar-a-Lago nuptials.
"Here’s Elmore with her son, Royce. I am not in the business of roasting children, but we have to address the hat. It is actually one of three different MAGA hats that were available to guests," Craighead wrote. "Royce’s reads 'TRUMP MADE THIS HAPPEN'; another featured the classic 'MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN' slogan; and my favorite was one that read 'TRUMP WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING INCLUDING LOVE.' Imagine going to anyone else’s wedding and the favors are all nods to their boss. Total freak behavior."
Overall, the wedding season was memorable.
"Two MAGA weddings, hundreds of guests, and not a lick of taste to be seen anywhere," Craighead wrote. "If they’re going to run the country into the ground, the least they could do is look good while doing it."
