U.S. President Donald Trump said on the 22nd (local time) that he will not attend the wedding of his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., which is scheduled to be held abroad this weekend. Observers said it likely felt burdensome for him to attend a family event overseas while pressing issues, including talks to end the Iran war, are piling up.
Trump said on the social media platform Truth Social that while he very much wants to be with his son Don Jr. and Bettina, the new member of the Trump family and his future wife, he cannot do so because of government-related circumstances and his love for the United States. He added that he believes it is important for him to remain at the White House in Washington, D.C., at this critical time.
Trump Jr. is expected to hold his wedding this weekend in the Bahamas, an island nation in the Caribbean, with his partner Bettina Anderson. Anderson, from Palm Beach, Florida, is a socialite who studied art history at Columbia University.
Trump Jr. previously married model and actor Vanessa Haydon in 2005 and had five children, but they divorced in 2018. He later got engaged to former Fox News personality Kimberly Guilfoyle, but he reportedly broke up last year and has continued dating Anderson.