While a watch party has kicked off at the Palm Beach Convention Center, there’s another festive gathering at Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago club with Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., in attendance.
An estimated 1,000 people are gathered at the private club where they have enthusiastically cheered a string of states called for Trump. As of 9 p.m., Trump led the decisive electoral vote count 154 to 27, albeit with most states not yet reporting full results.
“Everybody is excited,” said real estate investor Grant Cardone, who is also attending. “There are people from all parts of the world. It’s incredibly diverse.”
When will Trump arrive at Palm Beach election watch party?
Trump has not yet appeared, but a table awaits him, said Cardone.
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The expectation is Trump will address the country this evening at the convention center in downtown West Palm Beach. Trump confirmed he would after he voted in Palm Beach on Tuesday morning. But he also suggested he might wait until the presidential contest is called.
Cardone said the Mar-a-Lago crowd is eager to hear from the GOP presidential nominee.
“First he has to win, nothing else matters if he doesn’t,” Cardone said. “Then I would expect that he will say we have to get to work, get the economy going, get the border under control.”
Cardone is a businessman, equity fund manager, real estate investor and business author. Cardone said he got involved in supporting Trump’s political career about four years ago.
But he said he had long admired Trump’s business career.
Antonio Fins is a politics and business editor at The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY Florida Network. You can reach him at afins@pbpost.com. Help support our journalism. Subscribe today.
