Joe Raedle / Getty Images President Donald Trump kicked off his swank New Year’s Eve party at Mar-a-Lago by shaking down guests during a charity auction in the name of Jesus. Trump, 79, launched his end-of-year party at his Florida resort, where guests, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara, watched Christian worship artist Vanessa Horabuena speed-paint a portrait of Jesus in 10 minutes at the pre-fireworks cocktail party. Horabuena told her followers in a 12-minute Facebook video filmed at Mar-a-Lago that she had previously painted Christ in front of the president in the venue’s ballroom on Tuesday. Read more at The Daily Beast.