The Mar-a-Lago NYE Bash Was Everything Wrong With 2025

Some of 2025’s worst MAGA villains convened to ring in the new year at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort on Wednesday and, clearly, none of their new year’s resolutions included being a better person.

As Obamacare subsidies were set to expire for millions by midnight; ICE detainees suffered in overstuffed facilities (so much that several have died); and the U.S. sat poised to lose its 25-year measles elimination status, the party’s attendees stuffed themselves with champagne and caviar. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller danced to “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife appeared as guests of honor; Trump auctioned off a gigantic portrait of Jesus Christ for $2.7 million; and MAGA’s demon couple (Stephen and Katie Miller) announced they’ve spawned for the fourth time.

Scenes from President Trump’s New Year’s celebration at Mar-a-Lago tonight pic.twitter.com/cDDUU8yuox

— Cat Zakrzewski (@Cat_Zakrzewski) January 1, 2026

“Happy New Year!” the (insufferable) podcaster posted on Instagram, revealing a photo of her and her husband—who apparently knows he doesn’t photograph well—on a red carpet, with her hand scooping her baby bump.

Perhaps more disturbing than the fact that anyone would procreate with Stephen (or, allegedly, Elon Musk) is the fact that Katie is yet another MAGA woman who uses her motherhood to push anti-feminist values. To just name a few things she’s tweeted in the month of December alone, she argued feminism was “funded” to dismantle families; a photo of a sign that says “Mental Illness is not a Gender,” and that conservative women are happier than liberal ones because “motherhood makes your life richer, fuller, better.” All the tell-tale signs of a great person—and mother! Because why raise your child with love, when you can raise them with bigotry, too?

The Millers met in 2017, as two immigration ghouls who found love in the deepest trenches of MAGA’s deportation campaign. They got married in 2020, and after Trump returned to office in 2025, Stephen was tapped for deputy chief of staff and Katie as a special government employee. She became a communications staffer for Musk, followed the Tesla CEO from his dramatic departure from the White House last May, and shortly thereafter launched her podcast as a space for “conservative women.” But really, it’s just been a series of cringefests of prominent GOP couples including House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), FBI Director Kash Patel, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

But the most disturbing social media post by Katie was a video she shared to Twitter, which begins with a shot of Vanilla Ice performing “Ice Ice Baby” onstage—then panning to Stephen (jump scare) appearing to mouth the lyrics to himself; then to Noem—who goes all-out and starts pumping her arms while chanting along. In other videos, Trump appears to be dancing along as well. Please. My eyes.

President Trump dances to Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby” at Mar-a-Lago’s New Year’s Eve party. pic.twitter.com/mzTVhHjJbn

— Illinois Review (@IllinoisReview) January 2, 2026

Other attendees included the disgraced and disbarred Rudy Giuliani (who appeared to be unable to work a camera during the “Ice Ice Baby” debacle); First Lady Melania, who came decked out in tin foil; and Barron, the president’s youngest son.

At one point in the night, Trump stood onstage with a microphone, bidding off a ridiculously large painting of Jesus. He joked that $2 million was “peanuts,” which would be funny… if this wasn’t hours before the clock struck midnight—leaving more than 20 million Americans to enter 2026 with higher, less affordable insurance costs.

after bidding $100,000 for a painting during an auction at Mar-a-Lago, Trump describes $2 million as “peanuts” for another bidder and the painting eventually goes for over $2.5 million

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 1, 2026 at 2:28 AM

The subject of Obamacare subsidies was a flashpoint last October, as Dems refused to agree to a funding deal unless the GOP extended them, thus resulting in the longest-ever federal shutdown. But Dems folded, the subsidies were not extended, and they expired by the end of December 31, 2025.

We can’t be too sure of what 2026 will bring—though in some cases, we can try. But I do know that if that party was a weather vane for 2026, this shit is just going to get worse.