{"id":966,"date":"2026-05-22T19:18:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T19:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=966"},"modified":"2026-05-22T19:18:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T19:18:03","slug":"trump-confirms-hes-skipping-son-donald-jr-s-wedding-says-he-will-instead-remain-in-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=966","title":{"rendered":"Trump confirms he\u2019s skipping son Donald Jr.\u2019s wedding, says he will instead remain in D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>After some speculation, President Trump confirmed Fridaythat he will not attend the wedding ofhis eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., saying he will instead remain in Washington, D.C., over the Memorial Day weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=964\">Tulsi Gabbard is resigning as director of national intelligence, citing her husband\u2019s health<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The president posted to Truth Social that while he \u201cvery much wanted to be with my son,\u201d he feels \u201cit is important for me to remain &#8230; at the White House during this important period of time.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday that he was \u201cgoing to try\u201d to attend Donald Jr.\u2019s wedding to Bettina Anderson, but that it was \u201cnot good timing for me.\u201d According to news reports, the couple is having a small ceremony on a private island in the Bahamas. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>The White House\u2019s official public schedule had originally said that Trump would spend the holiday weekend at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. As of Friday, the White House updated his schedule to say he would spend the weekend in D.C. <\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Trump was heading to Suffern, New York, on Friday to speak at Rockland Community College alongside New York Representative Mike Lawler, a Republican who is running for for a third term. According to official guidance, Trump will return to the White House at some point Friday evening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=962\">MIAA girls\u2019 lacrosse tournament: Seedings and pairings, Divisions 1-4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The White House did not immediately respond to a request for additional comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Trump had told reporters Thursday that the wedding was not happening on a good weekend for him because \u201cI have a thing called Iran and other things.\u201d According to Page Six, Donald Jr. and Anderson were originally eyeing a wedding at the White House, but a source said that the couple is \u201cvery aware that a lavish wedding at the White House while people are dying wouldn\u2019t be well-received.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Thursday, Trump told reporters that he \u201ccan\u2019t win\u201d no matter if he chooses to attend his son\u2019s wedding or not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf I do attend, I get killed. If I don\u2019t attend, I get killed, by the fake news, of course,\u201d he quipped.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=960\">Kevin Warsh takes charge of a Fed facing rising inflation threat<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The president posted to Truth Social on Friday that he feels \u201cit is important for me to remain &#8230; at the White House during this important period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump confirms he\u2019s skipping son Donald Jr.\u2019s wedding, says he will instead remain in D.C. - 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