{"id":2605563,"date":"2026-05-21T15:24:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T19:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-unsure-about-attending-sons-wedding-because-of-iran-war\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:24:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T19:24:38","slug":"trump-unsure-about-attending-sons-wedding-because-of-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-unsure-about-attending-sons-wedding-because-of-iran-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump unsure about attending son&#8217;s wedding because of Iran war"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-unsure-about-attending-sons-wedding-because-of-iran-war%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2605563&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President donald Trump said he hopes to attend his son Donald Trump Jr.\u2019s wedding over Memorial Day weekend, but he isn\u2019t sure he will be able to as of other commitments tied to the Middle East situation (including Iran). Trump noted that attending-or not attending-would be criticized by the media, adding that the couple is longtime and that he\u2019s wishing them well.<\/p>\n<p>The article also mentions that Trump Jr. has five children with his ex-wife Vanessa Trump, and that he became engaged to Bettina Anderson late last year. Anderson is also described as a close friend of Vanessa Trump.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4578144\/trump-unsure-losing-control-senate-gop\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> said that he was going to try to attend his son\u2019s wedding this weekend, but isn\u2019t making any promises.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reports suggested that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump-jr\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11068\">Donald Trump Jr.<\/a> is set to marry Bettina Anderson over Memorial Day Weekend, which the president himself seemed to confirm while fielding questions from reporters during an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4576342\/trump-israel-prime-minister\/\">Oval Office<\/a> event Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4578284\/trump-killed-by-fake-news-sons-wedding-attendance\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump jokes he\u2019ll get \u2018killed\u2019 by \u2018the fake news\u2019 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-mccarthy-shreds-the-los-angeles-times-over-hit-piece-attacking-him-for-attending-sons-wedding-with-family\/\" title=\"Kevin McCarthy Shreds The Los Angeles Times Over Hit Piece Attacking Him For Attending Son...s ... With Family\">attending son\u2019<\/a>s wedding<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4578324\/arts-commission-approve-plan-trump-triumphal-arch\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Arts commission approves plans for Trump\u2019s triumphal arch<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4578169\/trump-denies-aircraft-carrier-intimidate-cuba\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump denies aircraft carrier strike group deployment is meant to intimidate Cuba<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe\u2019d like me to go,\u201d Trump said when asked if he would attend the ceremony this weekend. \u201cBut it\u2019s going to be just a small, private affair, and I\u2019m going to try and make it. I\u2019m in the midst \u2014 I said, \u2018You know this is not good timing for me.\u2019 I have a thing called <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a> and other things,&#8217;\u201d referring to the conflict in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s one I can\u2019t win on. If I do attend, I get killed. If I don\u2019t attend, I get killed \u2014 by the fake news of course I\u2019m talking about now,\u201d he continued. \u201cBut she\u2019s a person I\u2019ve known for a long time, and, hopefully, they\u2019re going to have a great marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The younger Trump has five children with his ex-wife, Vanessa Trump, whom he divorced in 2018. Donald Trump Jr. was later engaged to former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle, who was previously married to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) while he was the mayor of San Francisco. Guilfoyle currently serves as the U.S. ambassador to Greece.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4578144\/trump-unsure-losing-control-senate-gop\/\"><strong>TRUMP DOESN\u2019T KNOW IF HE\u2019S \u2018LOSING CONTROL\u2019 OF SENATE GOP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shortly after splitting from Guilfoyle in 2024, Donald Trump Jr. made public his relationship with Anderson, who is also a close friend of Vanessa Trump, and the pair were <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >engaged late<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch Trump\u2019s comments in full below:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"XU5-cs4Esio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Trump Participates in an Announcement with the Administrator of the EPA\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XU5-cs4Esio?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump said he\u2019ll try to attend his son\u2019s wedding, no promises<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2605564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26141654173881.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[75205,3634,10640],"class_list":["post-2605563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-iran-war-2","tag-trump","tag-wedding"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26141654173881.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2605563"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2605567,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605563\/revisions\/2605567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2605564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2605563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2605563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2605563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}