Trump skipping wedding of son Donald Jr. to Bettina Anderson
President Trump announced he will not attend his son Donald Jr.'s wedding to Bettina Anderson due to pressing national issues. He expressed concerns about the media's reaction regardless of his decision to attend or not. Donald Jr. has been married before and has five children with his ex-wife Vanessa Trump, who recently revealed her breast cancer diagnosis.
- ▪Trump stated he would like to attend the wedding but has other commitments.
- ▪He mentioned that attending or not attending would lead to negative media coverage.
- ▪Donald Jr. has five children from his previous marriage to Vanessa Trump.
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The president told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday, "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.""This is not good timing for me. I have a thing called Iran and other things. That's one I can't win on," Trump said. "If I do attend, I get killed. If I don't attend, I get killed by the fake news.""Hopefully they're going to have a great marriage."Trump Jr., who runs the Trump Organization with his brother Eric, was previously married to Vanessa Trump, with whom he has five children. The 48-year-old was previously engaged to Kimberly Guilfoyle, who is currently serving at the U.S. ambassador to Greece and is the ex-wife of California Gov.
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