As I was being escorted through the circuitous halls of Mar-a-Lago last weekend, I found myself questioning if I shouldn’t immediately turn around and leave. I had just arrived at the Trump NFT collection gala in West Palm Beach, Florida, with none other than Donald Trump himself in attendance.

It was both an honor and an embarrassment to be there, and I wasn’t sure how exactly I should react. Had my grandfather not been with me (I had brought him and a friend as my guests, both ardent Trump supporters), I probably would have left. But his excitement was palpable, so I continued the long walk to the final resting place of the evening, the famous gilded ballroom.

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