{"id":2605982,"date":"2026-05-22T15:44:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T19:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-to-miss-sons-wedding-as-iran-war-talks-continue\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T15:45:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T19:45:48","slug":"trump-to-miss-sons-wedding-as-iran-war-talks-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-to-miss-sons-wedding-as-iran-war-talks-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump to miss son&#8217;s wedding as Iran war talks continue"},"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-to-miss-sons-wedding-as-iran-war-talks-continue%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=2605982&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>Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he will not attend his eldest son Donald Trump Jr.\u2019s wedding in the Bahamas, saying he needs to stay in Washington, D.C., at the White House due to \u201cgovernment\u201d circumstances. He had previously hinted it was uncertain because of ongoing negotiations connected to a potential counter-proposal regarding Iran, including a planned delay for an Iran-related action after requests from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. Trump also said delaying attendance could spare him from political fallout \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">fake news<\/a>\u201d and that he hopes his son and Bettina Anderson have a great marriage.  <\/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\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> is RSVPing \u201cno\u201d to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anheuser-busch-heiress-announces-run-for-senate\/\" title=\"Anheuser-Busch Heiress Announces Run For Senate\">eldest son\u2019<\/a>s wedding, citing the need to remain at the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"125\">White House<\/a> \u201cduring this <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >important period<\/a> of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump announced his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116619340468924220\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116619340468924220\">decision<\/a> on Friday via Truth Social after hinting he was uncertain to attend earlier in the week because of the war with Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile I very much wanted to be with my son,<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump-jr\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11068\"> Don Jr.<\/a>, and the newest member of the Trump Family, his soon to be wife, Bettina, circumstances pertaining to Government, and my love for the United States of America, do not allow me to do so,\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cI feel it is important for me to remain in Washington, D.C., at the White House during this important period of time. Congratulations to Don and Bettina!\u201d<\/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\/4579695\/tulsi-gabbard-resigns-after-husbands-bone-cancer-diagnosis\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Tulsi Gabbard resigns after husband\u2019s bone cancer diagnosis<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4579447\/trump-warsh-ignore-political-pressure-interest-rates\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump urges Warsh to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-urges-warsh-to-ignore-political-pressure-on-interest-rates\/\" title=\"... urges Warsh to ignore political pressure on interest rates\">ignore political pressure<\/a> on interest rates, even from the White House<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4579343\/trump-anti-weaponization-fund-help-others\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says he \u2018gave up a lot of money\u2019 so \u2018anti-weaponization\u2019 fund could help others<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump on Thursday cast doubt on his attendance amid his pending weekend deadline for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/herschel-walker-and-others-say-no-to-slavery-reparations\/\" title=\"Herschel Walker And Others Say No To Slavery Reparations\">counter-propose<\/a> a more permanent peace deal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe\u2019d like me to go,\u201d the president told reporters in the Oval Office. \u201cBut it\u2019s going to be just a small, little private affair, and I\u2019m going to try and make it. I\u2019m in the midst \u2014 I said, you know, this is not good timing for me. I have a thing called Iran and other things. That\u2019s one I can\u2019t win on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf I do attend, I get killed. If I don\u2019t attend, I get killed, by the fake news, of course,\u201d he added. \u201cHe\u2019s got a very \u2014 a person who I\u2019ve known for a long time, and hopefully they are going to have a great marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier in the week, Trump announced that he would delay a new attack on Iran, which had been planned for Tuesday, after Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates asked for more time to negotiate with Tehran. Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4574233\/trump-iran-days-agree-longer-peace-deal\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4574233\/trump-iran-days-agree-longer-peace-deal\/\">told reporters<\/a> on Wednesday that he would give the Iranians until potentially Memorial Day to deliver another counteroffer. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4575263\/lawfare-compensation-fund-threatens-to-reopen-jan-6-debate-for-republicans\/\"><strong>LAWFARE COMPENSATION FUND THREATENS TO REOPEN JAN. 6 DEBATE FOR REPUBLICANS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The younger Trump and his fiancee, Florida socialite Bettina Anderson, are due to wed on Saturday in the Bahamas. Donald Trump Jr. was previously married to Vanessa Trump, with whom he has five children, and who this week announced she had been diagnosed with cancer. Vanessa Trump is currently dating golfer <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tiger-woods\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"749\">Tiger Woods<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Donald Trump Jr. was also previously engaged to the U.S. Ambassador to Greece, former Fox News personality <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kimberly-guilfoyle\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3467\">Kimberly Guilfoyle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump declines eldest son\u2019s wedding to stay at White House amid Iran tensions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2605983,"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\/AP26087029122838.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3817,32726,3634,32405],"class_list":["post-2605982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-diplomacy","tag-middle-east","tag-trump","tag-united-states"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26087029122838.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605982","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\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2605982"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2605986,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605982\/revisions\/2605986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2605983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2605982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2605982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2605982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}