Kennedy Jr. posted a picture of himself Sunday grinning while holding up a lizard next to scandal-scarred actor Russell Brand and a shirtless ... later brought to Palm Beach Florida in the 1940s.

The gala, themed "American exceptionalism," features guests like Mike Tyson, Russell Brand, and Ted Nugent ... the longest of his three sojourns to Palm Beach in his new term.

The Mar-a-Lago gala is hosted by America's Future, whose chairman is Mike Flynn. Flynn was Trump's first national security adviser during his initial White House term. Flynn is a far-right political ...