Trump said he was conscious of how the media would cover it: ‘That's one I can't win on. If I do attend, I get killed. If I don't attend, I get killed’
U.S. President Donald Trump and his son Donald Trump Jr.,
walk across the South Lawn of the White House on May 3, 2026. Photo by
Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he would try to
make it to his eldest son’s wedding but that it was “bad timing” because of the
Iran war.
Donald Trump Jr, 48, is set to tie the knot for the second
time this weekend, marrying Bettina Anderson in the Bahamas, U.S. media
reported.
But at the same time Trump is working on a deal to end his
unpopular war with Iran, which has sunk the president’s poll ratings and
sparked voter anger over the cost of living ahead of November’s midterm
elections.
“He’d like me to go. It’s going to be just a small little
private affair and I’m going to try and make it,” Trump told reporters in the
Oval Office when asked if he would attend his son’s wedding.
“I said, ‘This is not good timing for me. I have a thing
called Iran and other things.'”
Trump said he was conscious of how the media would cover it
if he did go to the wedding in the middle of a war that remains stuck in a
stalemate.
“That’s one I can’t win on. If I do attend, I get killed. If
I don’t attend, I get killed — by the fake news of course,” Trump said.
“Hopefully they’re going to have a great marriage.”
Known as Don Jr., the president’s son is an executive vice
president at The Trump Organization, the family’s luxury real estate
conglomerate, and a vocal proponent of his father’s right-wing MAGA political
agenda.
He is often seen at his father’s side, including earlier this
month when they returned to the White House together from Trump senior’s
Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
Last year Don Jr said he could run for president “maybe one
day.” His father’s second and final term runs until January, 2029 and the
Republican president has not yet anointed a successor.
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