Trump skips – President Donald Trump has told the public he can’t attend Donald Trump Jr.’s second wedding in the Bahamas with Florida influencer Bettina Anderson this weekend, citing “circumstances pertaining to Government” on TruthSocial. But around the Memorial Day weeke
President Donald Trump said he couldn’t make Donald Trump Jr.’s second wedding to Florida influencer Bettina Anderson this weekend in the Bahamas. He framed the choice like a matter of duty—“with a thing called Iran” and “other things”—timing he called “not good.”
Then came the line that landed like a punchline: “If I do attend, I get killed. If I don’t attend, I get killed—by the fake news, of course, I’m talking about.”
As the wedding weekend began, Trump continued to repeat his reasoning on TruthSocial. He wrote that “circumstances pertaining to Government, and my love for the United States of America” did not allow him to attend.
For many viewers, the explanation didn’t match the week’s visible rhythm. Trump’s “circumstances” have included spending time posting a volley of unusual content on TruthSocial—AI-generated images and messages that veer into personal attacks, including fresh seething directed at Stephen Colbert.
His public schedule for the Memorial Day weekend was light, with a great deal of “executive time” listed as available. In practice. that time translated into posts that began Friday evening and continued Saturday morning: several photographs of Trump. followed by an AI-generated image reading “GOLDEN DOME FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. ” depicting the White House dome bathed in celestial light and surrounded by satellites.
He followed that with an AI-generated. poorly Photoshopped image of himself looming like a harvest moon over a countryside dotted with houses and a mountain range. with Trump’s fingers grasping one of its peaks. “Hello, Greenland!” the image read. Trump posted the Greenland-themed image again the following morning.
He also found space for tributes. Trump shared a tribute to late WWE wrestler Hulk Hogan, though he mistakenly referred to him as “the Huckster”—a misspelling of the nickname “the Hulkster.”
From there, the tone turned even sharper. Trump posted a tribute to NASCAR driver Kyle Busch, who died unexpectedly last week, and then shared an AI-generated video showing himself throwing Stephen Colbert into a dumpster.
Colbert, an outspoken critic of Trump, hosted his last show on Thursday. CBS previously said last year it would end Colbert’s contract and retire the Late Show franchise entirely. and described the decision as “purely financial.” Trump has continued to post about Colbert in recent days. On Friday morning. around 2 a.m. Trump dubbed him a “total jerk.” Later. at 9:37 a.m. he said Colbert’s “firing” was. in Trump’s words. “the ‘Beginning of the End’ for untalented. nasty. highly overpaid. not funny. and very poorly rated Late Night Television Hosts. Others, of even less talent, to soon follow. May they all Rest in Peace!”.
Taken together, the mismatch is hard to ignore: Trump says he’s too constrained by government business to attend his son’s wedding, yet the weekend’s most visible “executive time” appears to be spent posting online.
The contrast becomes sharper against other political and foreign-policy themes already hanging over Trump’s presidency. including his “worryingly combative stance” toward the Cuban government. his “leering interest in Greenland. ” and a reported possibility that Trump will once again attack Iran. For the moment. though. the public record of his time—at least as it’s been seen through TruthSocial—points to a president anchored to his phone rather than to his family’s milestone.
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