President Donald Trump has come under fire after he hosted a "Great Gatsby"-themed Halloween party just hours before millions of Americans lost their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.

The Friday night fte at Mar-a-Lago was themed "A little party never killed nobody," according to the White House, referencing the song from the 2013 film adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel.

Guests were seen wearing 1920s attire and there were hosts in flapper attire greeting the invitees, which included Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Ivanka and Tiffany Trump, and their husbands, Jared Kushner and Michael Boulos.

Trump did not deliver remarks when reporters were in the room.

Fitzgerald's 1925 novel has been celebrated by literary scholars for years for its depiction

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