Donald Trump told son Don Jr. his wedding is ‘not good timing’ — but will ‘try and make it’

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Donald Trump is “going to try and make it” to son Don Jr.’s upcoming wedding to Bettina Anderson this weekend — but says it’s “not good timing.”

“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,” the president told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday of his eldest son’s nuptials.

“This is not good timing for me,” the president said. “Everything called Iran and other things.”

President Donald Trump (pictured here from left to right: JD Vance, Donald Trump Jr., and Donald Trump Sr. at his inauguration ceremony in January 2025) is “going to try and make it” to his son Donald Jr.’s wedding to Bettina Anderson this weekend. POOL/AFP via Getty Images
The couple (seen above at the amfAR Palm Beach Gala on March 15, 2025) is set to tie the knot on Saturday in a small ceremony held on a private island in the Bahamas. Getty Images for amfAR

The dilemma is “one I can’t win on,” Donald Sr. continued. “If I do attend, I get killed. If I don’t attend, I get killed.”

“Hopefully they’re going to have a great marriage,” he added.

As Page Six previously reported, Don Jr., 48, and Anderson, 39, are getting married on Saturday on a private island in the Bahamas.

But, the ceremony is “not good timing” for the president (pictured above at a Las Vegas rally in 2016) as he shared that he has “Iran and other things” on his schedule. Getty Images
Initially, sources told us Don Jr. and Anderson (seen above looking cozy on March 4, 2025) were looking to host a White House wedding, but their plans changed because of the optics of a wedding during such difficult times. AFP via Getty Images

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The couple became engaged in December when the business asked for Anderson’s hand at Camp David.

Originally, sources told us that the pair had their sights on a White House wedding but changed their minds due to the optics of holding a lavish event amid several major stressors like the war with Iran.

“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.

The couple (pictured here at the amfAR Palm Beach Gala in March 2025) became engaged in December. Getty Images for amfAR
“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. (Pictured above is Don Jr. and Bettina Anderson deboarding a plane on July 29, 2025.) Getty Images

A source also told Page Six in mid-April that the couple was in a hurry to walk down the aisle and were set to wed within the next few months.

Don Jr. is dad to five children: 19-year-old Kai, 17-year-old Donald, 14-year-old Tristan, 13-year-old Spencer, and Chloe, 11 — all of whom, he welcomed with his ex-wife Vanessa Trump, who he was married to from 2005 to 2018.

The exes are said to have a friendly relationship. Vanessa has since moved on from the relationship with pro golfer Tiger Woods.

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