{"id":1024,"date":"2025-01-23T17:03:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T17:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/seat-switching-oversold-tickets-cause-drama-at-megadonor-pre-inauguration-trump-dinner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-23T17:03:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T17:03:34","slug":"seat-switching-oversold-tickets-cause-drama-at-megadonor-pre-inauguration-trump-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/seat-switching-oversold-tickets-cause-drama-at-megadonor-pre-inauguration-trump-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Seat switching, oversold tickets cause drama at megadonor pre-inauguration Trump dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>At weddings, bar mitzvahs and work dinners, it&#8217;s commonplace to see guests fiddling with the seating arrangements. It also happened Sunday night at a formal dinner for GOP megadonors, Cabinet nominees, top political leaders, and senior White House staff.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A lot of people got screwed up on the name cards. A lot of big people,&#8221; said one guest at President Trump&#8217;s pre-inauguration Candlelight Dinner at the National Building Museum. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t want to get out of my seat because I didn&#8217;t want to lose it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Donald Trump Attends Candlelight Dinner At Building Museum On Eve Of Inauguration \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/01\/22\/118512fb-53a1-465c-92ee-f4cb6cddfca3\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/ddb0a984310a6878d06bbaba8a3feca9\/gettyimages-2194800226.jpg?v=e306e7b9fefc168c00baa623d76d1eaf 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/01\/22\/118512fb-53a1-465c-92ee-f4cb6cddfca3\/thumbnail\/1240x826g2\/0ba032dca3bd99774828179e2be8a70e\/gettyimages-2194800226.jpg?v=e306e7b9fefc168c00baa623d76d1eaf 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">File: (L-R) Elon Musk, Ivanka Trump, and Jeff Bezos speak to one another at a candlelight dinner for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at the National Building Museum on January 19, 2025 in Washington, DC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Anna Moneymaker \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Outside, on the eve of the coldest <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/trump-presidential-inauguration-day-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">inauguration<\/a><\/span> in 40 years, lines took as long as 90 minutes. One attendee said guests in gowns and tuxedos were &#8220;freezing our asses off,&#8221; shivering next to other recognizable partygoers, such as luxury goods giant LVMH&#8217;s Bernard Arnault, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, and Ron Lauder, an heir to the Est\u00e9e Lauder fortune.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It didn&#8217;t matter who you were,&#8221; said one guest who had donated millions to Mr. Trump&#8217;s campaign and super PACs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Upon entry, guests found that some last-minute placecard swapping had shifted the seat assignments, multiple attendees told CBS News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Cubs owner Todd Ricketts&#8217; name placecard had been moved slightly, from a seat next to a Cabinet secretary to a spot across the table.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Several sources for this article asked to remain anonymous because being bumped was considered an embarrassment. The drama illustrates the level of desire to be close to Mr.\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/trump-inauguration-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Trump<\/a><\/span> and his inner circle.\u00a0 CBS News spoke to multiple sources who attended the dinner and confirmed the details in this story.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural committee informed donors in early January that the weekend&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-inaugural-balls-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">events<\/a><\/span> were at capacity and that further donations did not guarantee seats, according to a committee official.<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>To get two tickets to the candlelight dinner, attendees had to donate at least $250,000 to Mr. Trump&#8217;s inaugural committee. But even at that high price, the event was oversold.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a clusterf***,&#8221; one guest said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Abbe Lowell, once an attorney for Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump and more recently, for <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/irs-whistleblowers-hunter-biden-pardon-lawsuit-abbe-lowell\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Hunter Biden<\/a><\/span>, was told his name was not on the guest list, according to multiple witnesses. The database apparently wasn&#8217;t updating at one check-in desk, but the situation was later resolved.<\/p>\n<p>Staff did come out to expedite a few high-level guests to the front of the security line, diners said. But for others, the bar had shut down by the time they got to the main hall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"Donald Trump Attends Candlelight Dinner At Building Museum On Eve Of Inauguration \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/01\/22\/0bcbee80-139b-4090-91f2-0d65629b9a40\/thumbnail\/620x413\/141c95664fa3ecbb7436b9ad61fcc544\/gettyimages-2194802102.jpg?v=e306e7b9fefc168c00baa623d76d1eaf 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/01\/22\/0bcbee80-139b-4090-91f2-0d65629b9a40\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/725b0c9267126d794ad64eaf48cb620c\/gettyimages-2194802102.jpg?v=e306e7b9fefc168c00baa623d76d1eaf 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">On the eve of his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump gave remarks at a candlelight dinner at the National Building Museum on Jan. 19, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Anna Moneymaker \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Still, one attendee said that despite the logistical problems, &#8220;everyone was in a pretty good mood and excited to be there.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 2,000 guests attended the dinner, including Susquehanna International Group&#8217;s Jeff Yass, ConocoPhillips&#8217; Ryan Lance, Lockheed Martin&#8217;s Jim Taiclet, Galaxy&#8217;s Michael Novogratz and singer Carrie Underwood.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Seats at transition co-chair and Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick&#8217;s family&#8217;s table were among those that saw turnover. When displaced guests tried to sit there, they were asked to relocate.<\/p>\n<p>Pollster Tony Fabrizio, a strategist on the Trump campaign, didn&#8217;t have an assigned seat when he arrived.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One donor was so irritated that a Cabinet nominee had taken someone else&#8217;s spot that a U.S. senator was notified.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"Donald Trump Attends Candlelight Dinner At Building Museum On Eve Of Inauguration \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/01\/22\/f43d26c3-5034-4281-8ad7-6bbda30fdece\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/a67179e41bd9a2508334fbf35cb24d92\/gettyimages-2194801465.jpg?v=e306e7b9fefc168c00baa623d76d1eaf 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/01\/22\/f43d26c3-5034-4281-8ad7-6bbda30fdece\/thumbnail\/1240x826g2\/496bfd7d0ad7e7fb43b98f9023d7a3dc\/gettyimages-2194801465.jpg?v=e306e7b9fefc168c00baa623d76d1eaf 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">\u00a0Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson attend a candlelight dinner for President-elect Donald Trump at the National Building Museum in Washington on Jan, 19, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Anna Moneymaker \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Organizers set up auxiliary seating outside the main room, a grand colonnaded hall decorated with topiaries and subtle lighting.<\/p>\n<p>Caviar, beef and apple pie were on the menu. But the main course hadn&#8217;t been served to every table until well past 10:30 p.m., multiple guests said. Some were too hungry to stay and left to get pizza and burgers.<\/p>\n<p>A couple Trump allies grumbled that Goldman Sachs&#8217; John Rogers, who supported Sen. Tim Scott in the 2024 presidential race, had a more prominent seat than almost anyone, including major Trump donors and senior White House staff. There was a discussion about ascertaining how much money Goldman executives donated to pro-Trump groups, according to people familiar with the conversation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When Mr. Trump arrived, he was escorted to a table behind a low glass wall to sit with inaugural committee co-chairs Kelly Loeffler and Jeffrey Sprecher, billionaire Miriam Adelson, Tesla&#8217;s Elon Musk, and Amazon&#8217;s Jeff Bezos and his fiancee Lauren Sanchez.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meta&#8217;s Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan were nearby, at a table with Jared and Ivanka Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Others with prime seats included UFC CEO Dana White, Musk&#8217;s mother Maye and younger sister Tosca, and Arnault, who started the night waiting in the 30-degree temperatures.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The next morning at the inauguration ceremony, a list of etiquette rules were placed on each of the roughly 600 folding chairs in the Capitol Rotunda.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One line said, &#8220;Do not move seat cards.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n      <em><\/p>\n<p>                      <span class=\"byline__author__text\">Libby Cathey<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.<br \/>\n      <\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<div class=\"component__heading-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"component__title\">Trump Inauguration 2025<\/h3>\n<p>                      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/trump-inauguration-2025\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" class=\"component__view-more component__view-more--lg\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n              More<br \/>\n              <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"icon__caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-caret-down\"\/><\/svg><\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n<p>                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/trump-inauguration-2025\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" class=\"component__view-more component__view-more--sm\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n            More<br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"icon__caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-caret-down\"\/><\/svg><\/a><br \/>\n                    <\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/jennifer-jacobs\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Jennifer Jacobs<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Jennifer Jacobs is a senior White House reporter at CBS News.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-dinner-seat-switching-drama\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At weddings, bar mitzvahs and work dinners, it&#8217;s commonplace to see guests fiddling with the seating arrangements. 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