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Weird stuff happened at Kimberly Guilfoyle's birthday party

Alec Regimbal

Kimberly Guilfoyle — the ex-wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom who has since become a key Trumpworld figure — turned 54 last week, and a series of odd things happened at her birthday party Thursday night, March 9.

Let's start with who wasn't there. Notably absent from the party — according to reports — was Ivanka Trump, former President Donald Trump's oldest daughter. A source told Page Six that Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, were invited but didn't go because they had another commitment.

Sickos who have been paying attention to the interfamily politics of the Trump ménage — I'm forced to, OK? — may remember a kerfuffle last year in which Guilfoyle had been cropped out of a photo Ivanka Trump posted from the wedding of her half-sister, Tiffany. Ivanka later posted the full photo along with a trio of heart-face emoji, suggesting that online sleuths were wrong to wonder if there was beef between the two, but the incidents taken together certainly make you wonder. 

Another piece of weirdness came in the form of a birthday wish on Instagram from Guilfoyle's fiancé, Donald Trump Jr. In the post, the oldest son of the former president called Guilfoyle "the best broad ever," a compliment (?) that he said was an "inside joke."

But the strangest stuff from the evening came from the family's patriarch, Donald Trump, who was among some 400 people who reportedly attended the festivities at a private home in Jupiter, Florida. The former president was seen performing his signature dance move — the thing where he pumps his closed fists back and forth — and even took the opportunity to make Guilfoyle's party about himself by doing a bit of campaigning.

Trump, who is expected to battle Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for the Republican nomination for president around this time next year, can be seen in a video taken at the party boasting about a recent poll showing him beating DeSantis in New Hampshire and then giving a monologue about the state of the country under President Joe Biden. 

That monologue included an extended rant on how countries are allegedly "releasing all their prisoners into the U.S.," without offering any specifics.

If my soon-to-be father-in-law showed up at my birthday party and briefly stole the spotlight by fulminating about his political opponents, I'd probably be a little miffed. But then again, if my ties to his family were my biggest claim to fame at the moment, I'd simply smile and clap, just like Guilfoyle did.