A sporting boss, a golf champion and an absent eccentric billionaire. It's not exactly standard fair for an election victory speech . Yes, there were a couple of aides, grandkids and a seemingly endless line of children and spouses but – much as his first presidency and third campaign – little about Donald Trump 's address to his fans in the wee hours of election night was traditional.
From a shouty tribute by UFC boss Dana White for a bunch of podcasters to a lengthy digression on watching Elon Musk's SpaceX catch a Starship rocket booster, it was fairly clear the reports the president-elect's aides didn't even try to write him a victory speech were accurate. The stage at the Palm Beach Convention Centre was full almost to the point of overflowing as Trump paraded his supporters before his voters, but who was actually up there soaking in the limelight? The president-elect's youngest daughter, from his second marriage with American actress Marla Maples, and her husband rated a name-check but nothing more on the night. Trump recently revealed the couple, who married at Mar-a-Lago in November 2022, were expecting a baby, describing them as a "very exceptional young woman" and a "very exceptional young guy".
Trump's oldest son – from his first marriage to Czech-born model Ivana Trump, along with Ivanka and Eric – also rated a brief name-check. Donald Jr has been a key figure in his father's three election bids and also gave testimony across several days in the New York f.
