Donald Trump says he’ll try to attend son Donald Trump Jr.’s engagement-related wedding plans over Memorial Day weekend in the Bahamas, but questions the timing because he’s in the middle of “a thing called Iran and other things.” The president also says he ha
President Donald Trump’s first public reaction to Donald Trump Jr.’s third engagement didn’t come with a simple yes or no. It came with a timing argument — one he said he couldn’t ignore.
In the Oval Office on May 21. while speaking to reporters. Trump was asked whether he plans to attend his eldest son’s wedding. “He’d like me to go,” Trump said of his son. “But it’s going to be just a small. little private affair and I’m going to try and make it. I’m in the midst. I said: ‘You know this is not good timing for me. I have a thing called Iran and other things.’”.
Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson announced their engagement in a White House event in December. Page Six and CNN have reported the wedding is scheduled for Memorial Day weekend in the Bahamas, though a representative for Trump Jr. did not immediately respond to a request for confirmation.
The Palm Beach connection is long-running. Trump said he has known Anderson for a long time, and he framed the trip as something he’s considering even as his own schedule remains packed.
Trump’s public schedule for Saturday and Sunday does not list any weddings or trips to the Bahamas. On May 22, he is scheduled to be in Rockland County, New York, for a speech. Then he is set to be in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he owns a club and golf course, until May 24.
Anderson is a socialite and model based in Palm Beach, Florida. She is the daughter of a Palm Beach businessman and philanthropist, Harry Loy Anderson Jr., and Inger Anderson. Harry Loy Anderson Jr. also had three other daughters and two sons. according to his obituary in the Palm Beach Daily News. part of the USA TODAY Network.
For Trump Jr., the engagement marks another chapter after a public divorce and high-profile relationships. He was previously married to former model Vanessa Trump from 2005 to 2018. The couple have five children, including rising golf star Kai Trump. Vanessa Trump is currently dating golf legend Tiger Woods.
After Trump Jr.’s divorce from Vanessa Trump was finalized, he began dating now Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle in 2018. The pair were engaged and bought a house together in 2021, and they split sometime in 2024. Guilfoyle was once also married to California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Trump Jr. turned 48 on New Year’s Eve.
Taken together, the picture is clear even before any wedding details are formally confirmed: Trump Jr. and Anderson have already made the engagement public. reported plans point to a Memorial Day weekend ceremony in the Bahamas. and the central question for the family now hinges on whether the president’s timetable — and his reference to “Iran and other things” — will allow him to travel for what he said could be a “small. little private affair.”.
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