President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he might not make it to his eldest son’s destination wedding — planned for the Memorial Day holiday weekend — because it’s “not good timing” for him.
Donald Trump Jr. plans to wed Bettina Anderson in a small ceremony on a private island in the Bahamas, Page Six reported on Tuesday, and the president said he was going to “try” to attend, but was not sure whether he’d be able to make it happen.
“He’d like me to go, but 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 on Thursday.
His explanation was simple: the timing, given everything going on in Iran and around the world, was not great as far as he was concerned.
“This is not good timing for me. Everything called Iran and other things,” he said, adding that there was no answer he could give that would not get him into trouble with someone.
“That’s one I can’t win on. If I do attend, I get killed. If I don’t attend, I get killed,” he said, implying that there would likely be negative coverage from the press if he missed his son’s wedding — and no shortage of negative coverage if he left Washington to attend.
Don Jr., 48, and Anderson, 39, have been engaged since December — and had initially considered a White House wedding, but ultimately decided that the optics would not be the greatest.
“They’re very aware that a lavish wedding at the White House while people are dying wouldn’t be well-received,” an insider told Page Six.
They opted instead for a smaller, more private ceremony — but the end result might be that they have to carry on in the president’s absence.
“Hopefully they’re going to have a great marriage,” Trump added.
News of the imminent ceremony comes just as Vanessa Trump, Don Jr.’s ex-wife, has announced a breast cancer diagnosis.
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