A couple, John Sullivan and Dan Medora, had their dream wedding at Mar-a-Lago, approved by former President Donald Trump and his team.
The event was described as stunning and beyond their wildest dreams.
“It unfolded very quickly. And again, it was not on our radar initially, but we were obviously really, really, really excited and thankful to be able to do it there,” John Sullivan said.
The property is “extremely opulent — reminds you of a castle…when you walk in the first time and you’re kind of in awe,” Sullivan said. “It’s overwhelming and it’s just gorgeous.”
“The sunset hit right in the middle of the ceremony. And it just made for the most stunning pictures. And it just was a gorgeous setting,” he added. “It really was a wedding beyond our wildest dreams.”
“So he’s walking by. He looks over he says, ‘Hello, everyone, good to see you.’ And I said, ‘President Trump, we just want to say thank you for allowing us to host our beautiful wedding at Mar-a-Lago,’” Sullivan said of an interaction with Trump.
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“And he quickly stopped…turned and looked at us and he said, ‘Was it last night?’ And we said, ‘Yes, it was last night, sir.’ And he said, ‘Well, was everything perfect? Was everything beautiful?’ We said, ‘Yes, it absolutely was. We could not imagine anything better,’” Sullivan recalled.
“We got to know a lot of people and when we had the actual ceremony, [as we were] at the top of the stairs getting ready to come down, the entire staff was lined up, and they were smiling. And they were coming out to us afterwards congratulating us the whole weekend,” Sullivan said.
“They shared a lot of personal stories with their experience with President Trump and the way that he treats them and they told us, ‘It’s a shame that people can’t see beyond the lies told about Trump and to know the real man, that takes care of people,’” he added.
Trump’s consistent support for the gay community was highlighted, with the couple mentioning his past actions and appointments.
“It definitely shows that it’s not a place of discrimination,” Sullivan said.
“We know the president’s consistent history of supporting gays,” he said.
“He had the property just as his residence, and then decided to turn it into a private club in Palm Beach. And at the time in Palm Beach, it was, you know, sort of a dirty secret [that] all the private clubs excluded African Americans, they excluded Jews, they excluded gays, and while this wasn’t in writing anywhere, it was just it was a known thing across the across the community. President Trump from day one when he opened the club, it was open to all people regardless of their race, their sexual orientation, their gender, etc.”
“President Trump’s been consistently supportive of the gay community all along,” he added.
“He is a friend of the gays. He’s supportive of the LGBT community. He’s been consistent on that. And so we’re excited to see the work he’s able to do when he becomes president in 2025,” he said.
“What was very, very special to see is that some of those people that maybe had a different view on things and were thinking that, ‘Oh my gosh, I can’t believe that these these guys are gay and they decided to get married at Mar-a-Lago’ — to see their whole narrative that they’ve been sold for years, hearing that President Trump was this mean, awful man and hates gay people [be] deconstructed. It was really neat to see some of those people’s eyes be opened through this really special time,” he added.
Despite experiencing negativity from some in the gay community post-wedding, they emphasized Trump’s inclusivity and criticized the divisive tactics of the left.
The couple expressed gratitude for the experience and hoped it would show Trump’s care for all Americans.
“A lot of the most negative and nasty comments come from others in the gay community,” Dan Medora said. “They preach so much acceptance and inclusion and diversity and everybody’s different, etc. … . It’s unfortunate to see some of the some of the meanest comments and the most negativity come out of a group that proclaims to only want to be included and accepted and to be allowed to love who they want and do what they want.”
Sullivan added, “The whole thing that the Democrats, the left, seems to have to offer right now is simply to divide people and to put people into groups and to pit them against one another, and finding the smallest of disagreements on issues and then trying to divide people.”
“What they have to offer [is] just telling people if you come with us, and you believe you are 100 percent in lockstep with our views, you can be part of our group,” he said.
Trump “wants what’s best for all Americans, even those that hate him,” he said. “I hope people can see a little bit of that out of this experience, that we were able to have our wedding there.”
“We’re just so thankful we had the wedding of our dreams. We’re thankful to our friends, Bill and Bryan, that helped make it possible and we’re very thankful to President Trump and First Lady Melania for allowing us to host our guests there. It was just the most surreal experience that somebody will never forget.”
