At a Toast to Trump, the North Korean Anthem Has a Starring Role

Source: New York Times

By Elizabeth Williamson
June 25, 2018

WASHINGTON -- The North Korean national anthem got plenty of fanfare at the Virginia Women for Trump's birthday party for the president on Sunday. Corey Stewart, the Republican Senate candidate from Virginia, got the hook.

The Tea for Trump toast to an absent President Trump drew hundreds of women in hats, tats and floral finery to the Trump International Hotel for an afternoon of what Alice Butler-Short, the organization's president, called "God, fashion and politics or God, politics and fashion, whichever." ... As part of the second annual event, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, was receiving, in absentia, an award playing on Mr. Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan, the MAGA Woman of the Year, Ms. Butler-Short said.
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Female pro-Trump organizers and donors modeled some 50 gowns, which, like a fireworks display, grew shinier and more elaborate toward the finales. At one key moment, a woman in a flowing, black and white, Asian-style costume appeared. As martial-sounding music played, she walked the runway with arms outstretched, carrying what looked like a red velvet and gilded Valentine's Day candy box. The women cheered as she paused, lifting the box to the heavens.

Ms. Butler-Short took the stage, her substantial, bejeweled gold lam millinery bobbing. "That signified our great president and the negotiations he is having with North Korea," she said. The music, she explained, was the North Korean national anthem.
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And, thanks for reminding me:

North Korean Anthem Plays At Trump DC Hotel Fashion Show Attended By Far-Right Extremists [VIDEO]

http://www.joemygod.com/2018/06/25/north-korean-anthem-plays-at-trump-hotel-fashion-show-attended-by-far-right-extremists-video/

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