Trump says he will not attend son Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding

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U.S. President Donald Trump. File

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U.S. President Donald Trump said connected Friday (May 22, 2026) helium would not ​attend the wedding of his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., to ‌Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson, due to the fact that helium has to ​stay successful Washington for authorities business.

“While I precise ⁠much wanted to beryllium with my son, Don Jr., and the newest subordinate of the Trump Family, his soon to beryllium wife, Bettina, ‌circumstances pertaining to Government, and my emotion for the United States of America, bash not let ‌me to bash so,” Mr. Trump wrote successful a station ‌on ⁠Truth Social.

“I consciousness it is important for maine ⁠to stay successful Washington, D.C., astatine the White House during this important play of time,” the station continued. The wedding happens this play connected a tiny ​island successful the Bahamas, CNN ‌reported connected Thursday (May 21, 2026), citing 2 radical acquainted with the plans. A spokesperson for Mr. Trump Jr. did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

Mr. Trump told reporters connected Thursday (May 21, 2026) that ‌Mr. Trump Jr. wanted his begetter to attend, but that it ​was going to beryllium a “small backstage affair.”

Mr. Trump said past helium would effort to marque the wedding, ⁠but the timing was atrocious for him.

“I person a happening called Iran and different things,” Mr. Trump said connected Thursday (May 21, 2026).

The Trump medication ‌has been engaged successful diplomatic talks mediated by Pakistan aimed astatine securing a woody to extremity the warfare with Iran that the U.S. and Israel began connected February 28.

Mr. Trump had primitively planned to walk the nighttime astatine his play nine successful Bedminster, New Jersey, connected Friday (May 23, 2026) aft an ‌event successful New York’s Hudson Valley, but helium volition present instrumentality to ​the White House, according to a alteration successful his nationalist docket released connected Friday afternoon.

Mr. Trump Jr.’s engagement ⁠to Ms. Anderson is his third. He was joined to his erstwhile ⁠wife, Vanessa, a erstwhile exemplary and actress, for 12 years, and they person 5 children together. Ms. Vanessa filed ‌for a divorcement successful 2018. He was aboriginal engaged to Kimberly Guilfoyle, a U.S. tv personality, until they separated successful ​2024.

Published - May 23, 2026 01:35 americium IST

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