Trump to skip Don Jr.’s wedding because ‘I have a thing called Iran’
Donald Trump Jr.’s destination wedding to Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson this Memorial Day weekend will be missing its most notable invitee: his father.
President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will not be attending his eldest son’s wedding, which is reportedly taking place in the Bahamas this weekend, citing “circumstances pertaining to Government” and his “love for the United States of America.”
“While I very much wanted to be with my son, Don Jr., and the newest member of the Trump Family, his soon to be wife, Bettina, circumstances pertaining to Government, and my love for the United States of America, do not allow me to do so,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
“I feel it is important for me to remain in Washington, D.C., at the White House during this important period of time,” the president said, before congratulating his son on his impending nuptials.
On Thursday, the father of the groom cited the increasingly unpopular Iran war as the reason he might not be watching his son tie the knot. The Middle East conflict has tanked Trump’s approval ratings in recent polling as Americans grapple with the rising cost of gas caused mainly by Iran’s enduring closure of the crucial oil choke point, the Strait of Hormuz.
“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 told reporters Thursday in the Oval Office in response to a question about whether he would attend.
The president painted the dilemma as “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.
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