Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart spotted at Donald Trump’s Halloween party | Gina Rinehart

Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, was spotted at Donald Trump’s Halloween party at the Mar-a-Lago resort.

The mining billionaire, who has never hesitated to publicly praise the controversial two-time US president, was seen speaking into Trump’s ear as he read a paper in a newspaper. a social media post first at a fancy event on the weekend According to the news of Nine newspaper.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was also included in the photo shared by former US attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro.

The 1920s, Great Gatsby-themed film also reportedly attracted the attention of One Nation leader Pauline Hanson, who newspaper Nine claimed was seen in an exclusive story on Instagram.

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Hanson’s office confirmed to Guardian Australia that the senator was not in the upper house this week because he was in the US. He declined to confirm whether Hanson had joined Trump’s party.

The timing of the party coincided with a U.S. federal government shutdown and Trump’s attempt to suspend funding for a charity that helps about 42 million Americans buy food each month.

Trump took it Truth Social on Friday writes “Radical Democrats do NOT want Americans to go hungry because they refuse to do the right thing and REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT.”

Plans to build a $300 million ballroom at the White House, privately financed by wealthy donors, continued to evoke Marie Antoinette comparisons.

Since the coalition’s historic election loss in May, Rinehart has encouraged the Liberal party to stick to Trump-like policies.

In a lengthy statement to the Daily Mail in May, Rinehart said the “leftist media” had successfully alienated Liberals from “anything Trump-related.”

“It’s been especially evident this year, with the Liberals being dubbed the ‘me too’ party,” he wrote. “Trump-style ‘make Australia great’ policies by cutting government tape, government bureaucracy and waste and therefore cutting taxes are too few to mention in Australia this year.

“No doubt the left-wing media will now try to claim that the Liberals’ loss was because the Liberal party followed Trump and got too right! The two simply do not match!”