![]() Kitt sang 'Happy Birthday,' and 600 gold balloons cascaded from the ceiling." Trump, dressed like Superman with a money sign on his chest," per the Times. Trump's buildings on it, and a sugar figure of Mr. "As the Superman movie theme began to play, the cake was wheeled onto the stage - with all of Mr. In 1996, for his 50th, Trump's then-wife Marla threw what the New York Times described as a " no-holds-barred bash" with 400 of his closest friends, a mermaid ice sculpture (of herself), blown-up photographs of Trump from his childhood and a performance by Eartha Kitt, among other highlights.Īssociated Press Donald Trump poses with the "Deal or No Deal Girls" and actress Carmen Electra (far right) at his 61st Birthday Bash at the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, N.J. "An event ghastlier invitation a year later indicates the party - held at the same venue - was Tarzan-themed and billed Trump as 'Lord of the Financial Jungle,' " it added. The invitations depicted him as a king brandishing a sword and promised both dancing and live jousting (it's not clear by whom). In 1993, Trump's 47th birthday party theme was " Renaissance Man," the Independent reports. In 1990, Trump's casino party included televised birthday messages from Dolly Parton and Elton John and Robin Leach, the host of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, who Buzzfeed reports "stepped out of a giant replica of Trump's soon-to-be-bankrupted airline, Trump Shuttle." (This was observed by a reporter who snuck into the party and spent a night in Atlantic City jail for trespassing.) "And of course, there was to be a telegram from President Reagan, and video birthday cards from Liza Minnelli, Billy Crystal, Dennis Miller and Joe Piscopo," the Washington Post reported at the time. In 1988, Trump celebrated his 42nd birthday at one of his casinos, featuring a laser show complete with a 15-foot spaceship and a performance by magicians and dancers to a version of the Michael Jackson song "Bad," reworked in his honor. Trump, who was born in 1946 in Queens, N.Y., and spent decades as a real estate developer, has thrown his share of lavish birthday parties over the decades. Trump's late ex-wife Ivana told People Magazine in 2021 that he "hates his birthdays."īut they haven't all been low-key affairs. It's not clear how the former president (and now presidential candidate) had been planning to celebrate this year, though he's spent at least his last three birthdays at his golf club in Bedminster, N.J. He's expected to be arraigned in federal court in Miami on Tuesday - and he'll turn 77 the next day. While it’s never easy to be at the top of such a large organization, “if you step back and look at the last nine years, it has been an excellent period at The Washington Post and for the journalism it holds dear,” said Neil Brown, president of the Poynter Institute, a news industry think tank.This week is shaping up to be a big one for former president Donald Trump. Under the motto “Democracy dies in darkness,” the Post aggressively covered the ascension and presidency of Donald Trump with flair, essentially doubling its newsroom staff and sharply boosting its digital footprint. Ryan, the former CEO and a founder of Politico, oversaw the appointment of Sally Buzbee - the former Associated Press executive editor - as the Post’s top editor, replacing Marty Baron, in 2021.Ī year after Bezos bought the newspaper in 2013, Ryan was appointed to lead The Washington Post, taking over from Katharine Weymouth - granddaughter of legendary longtime CEO Katharine Graham - and ending the Graham family’s eight-decade tenure as leaders of the largest newspaper in the nation’s capital. ![]() He’ll be replaced at the Post on an interim basis by Patty Stonesifer, formerly chief executive of the Gates Foundation and a member of the Amazon board, newspaper owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said. Ryan, 68, will lead the newly formed Center on Public Civility at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, the newspaper said. Washington Post publisher and chief executive Fred Ryan, who presided over explosive growth during the Trump years but couldn’t avert the effects of the industry’s downturn over the past two years, said Monday he’s leaving the publication after nearly a decade.
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