Donald Trump’s election night party at Mar-A-Lago kicks off as Kamala Harris supporters head out early
A party atmosphere kicked off at Mar-a-Lago as Donald Trump was announced as the winner of the presidential election by the networks.
The former president’s Florida estate was filled with excitement Tuesday night as Trump captured a wave of swing states throughout the evening, with Fox News calling the race for him at around 2am ET.
Mar-a-Lago erupted in cheers as Trump won the race, while Kamala Harris cancelled her election party and refused to speak opposite Trump’s victory speech.
Earlier in the evening, images from Trump’s event saw him appearing entirely at ease, chatting it up with Elon Musk and Dana White while guests shared a number of smiling selfies from Mar-a-Lago’s ballroom.
A party atmosphere has kicked off at Mar-a-Lago’s election night party as images from the event showed a relaxed Trump chatting it up with Elon Musk and Dana White
The party was filled with Trump allies and insiders celebrating as RFK Jr. was all smiles
British politician Nigel Farage (right) also showed face at the glitzy Florida bash, sat alongside the world’s second richest woman Gina Rinehart (center) and spokeswoman Teena McQueen
Donald Trump’s attorney Alina Habba (left center) and Israeli TV personality Siggy Flicker (right) appeared in high spirits at the event
Supporters of Kamala Harris break down in tears as they react to early election night results at the vice president’s watch party at Howard University
Harris’ watch party scattered as they realized the vice president was falling behind in the race
The Mar-a-Lago election night party saw a number of Trump allies and GOP influencers to watch the results pour in, with Musk also bringing one of his eleven children to the event.
Former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville and Trump’s attorney Alina Habba have all shared smiling pictures from the party.
Trump’s early dominance in the presidential race on Tuesday evening was cemented shortly before midnight when he was projected as the winner of the first swing state, North Carolina.
When it was announced that Trump had clinched North Carolina, the Harris campaign reportedly turned the sound off TVs at her watch party, as attendees admitted it ‘felt more like 2016 than 2020.’
Despite six other swing states still counting around midnight, Musk was so confident that he proclaimed early victory for Trump on X, tweeting ‘game, set and match’ while results still hung in the balance.
And supporters who couldn’t swing an invite to Trump’s election night watch party set of fireworks and waved flags outside his Florida estate in anticipation of a possible victory.
Supporters waved flags and set off fireworks outside Mar-a-Lago in celebration
Elon Musk brought one of his eleven children with him to Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday evening
Former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (center) with Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville (right) and Ohio Senator Mike Lee (left)
Trump’s former press secretary and current Governor of Arkansas Sarah Huckabee-Sanders (center) was all smiles at the party
A Kamala Harris supporter puts his head in his hands after watching the race slip away
But while the Republicans felt primed for victory, CNN anchor Abby Phillip reported before 11pm that Kamala Harris’ party was feeling the race slip away.
‘I think the operative word is silence,’ Phillips reported. ‘There’s not a lot being said, because the Harris team appears to be searching for bright spots in the map, as these results very very, very slowly come in.’
With results still pouring in late Tuesday evening, Harris’ camp admitted the ‘blue wall’ of states including Pennsylvania and Michigan would be vital to any victory.
Harris’ campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon reportedly sent a memo to staff assuring them that they still had a path to victory, and that with the margins so small and so slow to come in ‘we’ll see you tomorrow.’
The crowd at Harris’ watch party significantly thinned out as supporters appeared to lose confidence in a historic win.
Makeda Haughton, 32,, told the Washington Post as she left the party that she was ‘still hoping for Pennsylvania’ but admitted her confidence was waning.
‘This is disappointing of course. Not what I wanted to hear, but I’m not calling it until it’s fully called,’ she said, adding as she left the event that she would keep the news on at home and did ‘not plan on sleeping tonight.’
