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By NIKKI SCHWAB, CHIEF CAMPAIGN CORRESPONDENT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
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Alina Habba sent an explicit political message as she entered President-elect Donald Trump‘s New Year’s Eve party Tuesday at Mar-a-Lago.
Trump announced last month that the telegenic attorney would serve as his counselor to the president, the position Kellyanne Conway held in his first administration.
Habba arrived to Mar-a-Lago carrying a black and silver bedazzled purse that read ‘FJB.’
The phrase commonly means ‘f*** Joe Biden.’
‘Just sayin’ HAPPY NEW YEAR FOLKS,’ she wrote in an Instagram post, holding the handbag high over her head.
She had paired it with a slinky silver sequined dress for the black-tie occasion.
Habba had started advising Trump on legal matters in 2021.
She reportedly became acquainted with the former president at his Bedminster, New Jersey golf club as her law firm, Habba Madaio & Associates, is located nearby.
Alina Habba sent an explicit political message as she entered President-elect Donald Trump’s New Year’s Eve party Tuesday at Mar-a-Lago
Alina Habba (third from left) brought a ‘FJB’ purse with her to President-elect Donald Trump’s New Year’s Eve party at Mar-a-Lago. That phrase commonly means ‘f*** Joe Biden’
In the lead-up to the 2024 election, Habba became a MAGA mainstay, defending Trump through TV appearances and becoming a popular figure at his rallies.
‘She’s morphed into one of [Trump’s] most trusted advisers,’ a source shared with DailyMail.com earlier this month.
Trump has held the Mar-a-Lago New Year’s Eve bash for years.
This year the event marked the public debut of Donald Trump Jr.’s new girlfriend Bettina Anderson.
The Palm Beach socialite walked arm-in-arm with the former and future first son past the set of waiting cameras.
Other Trump family members at the largescale party included wife Melania, who wore a gorgeous black gown and stood alongside the president-elect as he answered questions from reporters.
Asked by a reporter if she had a new year’s resolution, she responded, ‘we all know what we want … world peace.’
Eric and Lara Trump arrived together and then Lara took the stage to perform her rendition of Tom Petty’s ‘I Won’t Back Down.’
President-elect Donald Trump (left) and Melania Trump (right) walk the red carpet ahead of their New Year’s Eve party at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday
Donald Trump Jr. (left) debuted his new girlfriend Bettina Anderson (right) at the annual Mar-a-Lago affair
The president-elect’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump sang a cover to Tom Petty’s ‘I Won’t Back Down’ at the Tuesday night party
Sen. Ted Cruz, who attended with wife Heidi, was one of a handful of Republican lawmakers to make it to the ‘Winter White House’ to mark the beginning of 2025, when the GOP controls the House, Senate and White House
President-elect Donald Trump spent the night surrounded by members of the Musk family including tech billionaire Elon and his toddler son X (third from left) and mother Maye (right)
Tiffany Trump showed off her baby bump as she arrived with husband Michael Boulos.
Even the president-elect’s ex-wife Marla Maples, Tiffany’s mom, attended the party.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk also attended the fete, walking in with his son X on his shoulders and mother Maye following along.
He was seated next to Trump for the evening’s festivities.
Vice President-elect J.D. Vance and wife Usha were also on hand.
