‘All went to hell’: How this long-awaited MAGA party celebrating Trump ended in disaster

An “official” celebration marking the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term, which was intended to include Republican members of Congress and the president himself, did not go exactly as planned.

The Bulwark reported Thursday that the long-awaited Make America Great Again (MAGA) celebration, which was planned at the Kennedy Center—recently taken over by Trump allies—ended up generating two police reports from ticket buyers.

“One man who was asked to help set up the event compared it to the disastrous Fyre Festival, and at least one embarrassing video of a man breakdancing with a puppet ricocheted across the Internet,” the report said.

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The organizers have been accused of misleading people into thinking they would get access to Trump officials in order to sell tickets.

Tickets to the white-tie occasion ranged from $100 to $2,500. Invitations described it as an “unforgettable evening” where “luxury meets excitement.” The event’s website, which has since been deleted, said Trump along with many other members of Congress had received invitations and might attend.

Then came a series of setbacks. The event organizers lost their potential headliner, Trump, who scheduled a rally in Michigan to commemorate his first 100 days on the same night as the event.

Shortly afterward, they also lost the venue. Just days before the event, they announced that the Kennedy Center contract had been canceled. The center cancelled the event due to a contract violation, but he declined to provide further details, per the report.

Among the organizers was Myles Morell, a conservative journalist and reporter for the Daily Caller. The Bulwark piece described how it “all went to hell: “Trump’s return to power has generated a boomlet in pro-Trump safe spaces inside the heavily Democratic capital metro area. Butterworth’s, a restaurant partially owned by Steve Bannon acolyte Raheem Kassam, has become a MAGA hangout on Capitol Hill. And for the deepest-pocketed Trump supporters, Donald Trump Jr. is launching a private social club in Georgetown with a $500,000 membership fee.”

“So it was natural, perhaps, that Morell and Republican activist Alysia McMillan wanted to put on a party of their own,” the report added.

After the Kennedy Center’s refusal to host the celebration, the event was moved to “a slightly less glamorous venue in decidedly more soulless Arlington.”

But that did little to save the event. Attendees with comped tickets were asked to bring bottles of alcohol to fill out the bar, despite the event website promising “premium drinks.”

“You’re charging big money for this thing and people won’t be getting what they paid for,” a man told an organizer, according to the report.