There should be a rule followed in every household, “No special Easter dinner unless the original meaning behind Easter is special to you.”

The Trumps, to their ever lasting credit, didn’t pretend that Easter was special in any way except that they might have charged extra for the event. But that wasn’t the worst of it. Imagine the cringeworthy fact that Donald, Melania, and son Barron showed up at their own residence (THEIR OWN HOME) to a standing round of applause by guests who had reserved a plate.

According to Newsweek’s report, members of the club (Mar-a-Lago) can book reservations. But decorum dictates that they will stand and applaud when he enters the room or outdoor patio as the case may be.

It makes one get the “icks” or much worse, thinking about what Trump might want if he really is president again. I love this idea, though:

Why do Donnie and Melania make an entrance whenever they go to dinner in their own house? It’s super cringe. I’m going to start lining up friends in my living room to applaud me making my way to the fridge 🥴

— Kelly D 🟦🟧 (@KellDA) April 1, 2024

Oh, and another great one: “I’ve read that when trump goes to dinner at Mar-a-Lago, diners who are there give him a standing ovation. That’s his empty future. Basking in applause from people eating supper. A well-deserved fall to *he doesn’t matter anymore.” @tom_lowell_born.

I’ve read that when trump goes to dinner at Mar-a-Lago, diners who are there give him a standing ovation.

That’s his empty future. Basking in applause from people eating supper.
A well-deserved fall to *he doesn’t matter anymore*

— OK, Boomer (@tom_lowell_born) January 2, 2023

An aide willing to take serious risks wsa quoted as saying in 2022, “We had to explain to him that he didn’t have a group standing around waiting for him anymore.”

Another aide mentioned the obvious: “The appetite for attention hasn’t waned, but that’s where he gets it now.”

Ask yourself this: How much would you be willing to pay to get people to stop standing and applauding when you entered a room? There would be empty back accounts everywhere!

And as much as Melania Trump loves to hide and remain a “mystery”, it seems she enjoys eating up the adulation as well:

First Lady Melania Trump and Barron Trump celebrated Easter at Mar-a-Lago. pic.twitter.com/CyE5lX1Jta

— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) April 1, 2024

People on X/Twitter couldn’t help themselves:

He created the world for himself that he always wanted since he was a boy. Every time he walks into his house people are there to cheer him, call him sir, and tell him how wonderful and special he is. pic.twitter.com/KJx9xl099F

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) March 31, 2024

His father had no interest in him and his mother showed him no affection.
Then his father sent him away.
Where he had to follow rules.
Had to abide authority.

So he crafted an illusion of his own making.
This is a deeply broken person.

— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) March 31, 2024

Right? Who lives like this? I'll pretend I'm super rich. When I come home at the end of the day or travel, I want relax and unwind. Maybe host close friends the next afternoon to share their stories over drinks and dinner. Done.

— ItsOkayByMe (@ItsOkayByMe) March 31, 2024

Exactly. I am convinced that the only reason Trump wants to be President (besides the immunity from prosecution and the ability to make money selling intel to foreign entities and access to lobbyists) is because everybody has to stand up when he comes in and he gets his own song.

— Ellin Stein (@ellinst) March 31, 2024

Ultimately, though, Trump, ever the insecure being, is with those people because the elites in Hollywood and in world politics, the very people he envies, rejected him.

— Sterling (@GreenShades9) March 31, 2024

He wanted his mommy to do that but she saw there was something lacking in his personality that frightened her so she sent him off to military school to see if they could make him normal. They failed

— Patricia Lawlor (@patlaw939) April 1, 2024

Hard to fill a cup with no bottom. I’ve said it a million times, what would Trump do without Mar A Lago and his daily dose of adoration? Anytime he needs a fix he has a built in operation of groupies telling him how much they love him.

— April (@speakout_april) March 31, 2024

The boy who was always a failure in his father’s eyes grows into a man who always needs constant praise, gratification and loyalty.

— JustAnotherJo (@JoAnne64933488) March 31, 2024

What a burden it must be to have the need to be told over and over again that you’re wonderful. He’s pitiful. I can’t believe his supporters don’t see it.

— Dorothy P. (@dotterp) March 31, 2024

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Jason Miciak writes for Political Flare and is an Editor at Large for Occupy Democrats and can be reached at jasonmiciak@gmail.com and on “X” @JasonMiciak