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Fox News star Bill O’Reilly (above) spent most of his keynote address at a Palm Beach fundraising gala Friday imagining a world where Donald Trump (above) would be president.

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Trump, 64, who hosted Friday’s fiesta for the It Happened to Alexa Foundation at his Mar-a-Lago club, is weeks away from announcing whether he’ll run for the land’s highest office as a Republican.

“It’s gratifying to have the next president of the United States introduce me,” the host of The O’Reilly Factor said to thunderous applause from the 200-plus at the dinner.

Some of the guests paid $1,500 for a few seconds with the 61-year-old O’Reilly (below), a photo and an autographed copy of his latest tome, Pinheads and Patriots.

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Tall head O’Reilly, for whom it was the second appearance at the victims’ advocate foundation’s gala, then dreamed out loud about a Trump White House. At time he seemed to joke. At others he appeared serious. Always, he seemed to take a Trump candidacy for granted.

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Potential Palm Beach presidential candidate Donald Trump told Charlie Sheen’s mother-in-law not to let her daughter marry the former star of Two and a Half Men.

But the lady, Palm Beach socialite Moira Fiore, seemed too star-struck with Sheen to heed The Donald’s warning!

A few months later, in 2008, Sheen and Palm Beacher Brooke Mueller were married and had eventually twins. Then they filed for divorce after a domestic violence incident that seemed to precipitate Sheen’s fall into heavy drug and booze use, and the porn star-packed Howard Beale hell he’s now in.

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Trump reminisced about the Thanksgiving 2007 talk with Fiore in a 45-minute interview on humanevents.com, a conservative website.

Among dozens of political questions, Trump was also asked whether he’d sign Sheen up to be on The Apprentice.

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The level of success of the first ever formal gala held in Palm Beach for a charity founded by well-known resident Nancy Brinker “exceeded expectations” Friday night at Mar-a-Lago, according to shindig publicist Chase Scott.

The Susan G. Komen For the Cure, the breast-cancer non-profit better known the yearly race and pink ribbons, raised over $800,000 during dinner at the private club.

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About 300 good-hearted folks paid $1,000 each to be at the pink-colored gala chaired by socialite Patty Myura. The entertainment included a Brazilian carnival band (above).

Mar-a-Lago owner Donald Trump (below) addressed the crowd — after being introduced without flinching as “the next president of the United States.”

Spotted at the tables: Brinker; Clint Robertson, finalist of season 10 of The Apprentice; WPBF-Channel 25 General Manager Caroline Tapplett and former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.

“For an inaugural event in a bad economy, this was an outstanding result,” Scott said.

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Animal lover and domestic diva Martha Stewart (above left) was honored in Palm Beach today for her generosity toward the American Humane Association.

Stewart, 69,  who received the Humanitarian of the Year award, and New York socialite Tinsley Mortimer, 34, (above with Stewart) were the guests of honor of the Association’s fund-raising luncheon for 500 at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago.

The event lured a society who’s who from Boca Raton, Wellington and Palm Beach.

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A rarity among celebs: TV hostess and magazine owner Stewart actually flew to Palm Beach on her own dime and didn’t charge the charity an appearance fee.

“We saved at least $50,000,” said Terry Lee Kaly, the Association’s director of events. “Martha has been very generous.”

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Gala Chairwoman Petra Levin (above, left) went back to the relaxed society-function concept that she tried out last year for the 2011 Caron Renaissance gala and, once again, it worked.

A record 400-plus supporters of the drug and alcohol rehab clinics, including one in Boca, gathered at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach to mingle and munch on fancy buffet food poolside. Then, everyone headed into the grand ballroom to hear Gloria Gaynor (above, with Levin and socialite Nicole Munder) intone some of her 1970s anthems, including  I Will Survive.

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In tribute to Gaynor, Levin had the ballroom decorated to look like the old Studio 54, the legendary New York City disco.

“I figured it’d be different from the same old,” said Levin, a former Miss Germany.

It was different, and in the end, the non-profit was $800,000 richer.

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More on this story:

– Click here for coverage of the 2009 Caron Renaissance gala

– Click here for coverage of the 2010 Caron Renaissance gala

– Click here for coverage of this year’s Palm Beach Zoo Gala

– Click here for coverage of this year’s Everglades Foundation Gala