Overview
- White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino married State Department official Erin Elmore at the president’s Palm Beach club, where Trump hailed the pair as “very loyal” and “very fantastic.”
- Elon Musk attended with Shivon Zilis, alongside senior officials including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, as well as Fox News host Sean Hannity and top White House aides.
- First Lady Melania Trump and Ivanka Trump were not seen at the ceremony, while Donald Trump Jr., Tiffany Trump and Lara Trump were among family members who arrived.
- Scavino, a longtime Trump confidant who helped shape the president’s social media strategy, now oversees the White House Presidential Personnel Office that manages thousands of political appointments.
- Elmore directs the State Department’s Art in Embassies program, and images and video from the celebration circulated widely on social media.