For These 20-Somethings, Trump ‘Is Making It Sexy’ to Be Republican
The New York Times
A “MAGA Youth” dinner in Manhattan gave young Trump supporters a place to socialize and celebrate the new administration.
Amid a surge of youthful Republicanism in New York and nationwide, there has been an element of social cachet that has often proved elusive: In blunt terms, the word is “cool.”
Indeed, hamstrung by political beliefs that are often in opposition to those of major cultural figures, conservatives have frequently groused about the depiction of them as squares, including President Trump, whose hostile takeover of the Kennedy Center this week was seemingly led by a desire to make the venerable institution “hot.”
“We made the presidency hot,” Mr. Trump said, speaking to the newly formed board, according to an audio recording obtained by Jake Tapper of CNN. “So this should be easy.”
It was in that spirit that a clutch of Mr. Trump’s younger supporters assembled on Wednesday night at Centurion New York, a members-only club on the 55th floor of a building in Midtown Manhattan, to celebrate the nascent Republican administration, and assert their fashionableness — and their fealty to the new president.
“POTUS is making it sexy to be Republican again,” said Max Castroparedes, 27, a self-described “international, globe-trotting consultant,” who was using the acronym for “president of the United States.” “He’s making it glamorous to be a Republican again. He’s making it great to be Republican again.”
Mr. Castroparedes, a former special assistant at the Department of Homeland Security during Mr. Trump’s first term, now works for Montfort, a company based in Palm Beach, Fla., that calls itself “a specialized strategic advisory firm.” He had invited a dozen or so friends to assemble in a glass-walled room of Centurion, framed by sweeping views of the skyline, a soaring wall of wines and an imposing black chandelier.
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