Donald Trump will not attend his eldest son’s wedding, reportedly taking place in the Bahamas this weekend.

After telling reporters Thursday he was going to “try to make” the intimate ceremony between Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson, but that it was “not good timing” because of the Iran war, Trump confirmed he won’t attend.

“He’d like me to go,” Trump said. “I said, ‘You know, 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 in the Oval Office when asked if he planned to attend his eldest son’s wedding. “If I do attend, I get killed. If I don’t attend, I get killed by the fake news, of course.”

Nearly 12 weeks into the Iran war, Trump is facing record-low approval ratings amid the public’s growing discontent over the high cost of gasoline, groceries and other everyday expenses – all impacted by the president’s war in the Middle East.

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[–] 108 points 5 months ago (9 children)

Of all the things the buffoon does that he rightly gets killed for, taking time off to go to his son’s wedding isn’t one of them.

It’s way worse that you’re skipping it bud

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  • [–] 53 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Reminds me of when they released that voice-mail in the run up to the 2020 election to try to smear Biden. You could feel Biden's compassion in the voice-mail. The right just doesn't understand what that is or thinks it's a weakness.

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  • [–] 24 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

    Can confirm. Grew up in a conservative household. Fathers showing empathy to their children was a completely foreign concept.

    In some ways I'm still fucked up for life from that. So many healthy perspectives and behaviors that will simply never come naturally to me. The formative years of cognitive development are important.

    My parents have learned a lot since then, so even though it was really hard for me to forgive them and took many years, they're still in my life and I'm grateful for them. But to this day I'm still unable to talk about my feelings or really even anything remotely important to me with them. It's just basic pleasantries and simple observations, and even then I have to be really careful and overthink how I phrase it, still walking in eggshells to keep the peace. And yes, that is a drastic improvement over how it used to be.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    You and me both pal.

    Therapy does wonders. Im glad youve got them in your life, as difficult as it can be. Im still working on it.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    Yeah, I've spent time in therapy. I learned new skills and coping techniques and all that, but it can't restructure the deepest patterns embedded in my neurons.

    Nor undo the social harm incurred by not learning basic emotional intelligence until my mid-twenties...

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  • [–] 63 points 5 months ago (8 children)

    He has time to golf but not time for his child's wedding.

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  • [–] 32 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Thats what i dont get.

    Fly in on the big chopper, someone says "i do", and he flies off again. Less time than it takes him to take a shit.

    He's making a bigger deal out of it by not attending.

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  • [–] 27 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    That's a good point: at first glance it sounds like a big deal because it's "international travel," but the Bahamas are basically right next to mar-a-lago anyway so (depending exactly which island the wedding is on) it probably actually is within chopper distance.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    He's the commander in chief and has access to Marine One and the entire Navy. This is not a logistics problem.

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  • [–] 45 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Weird that the non-war that’s now past the sixty day limit without congressional approval is still taking up his time.

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  • [–] 34 points 5 months ago

    I take comfort and occasional joy at the knowledge that these people are small and miserable.

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  • [–] 34 points 5 months ago*

    “It’s not good for me” to a son’s wedding.

    Spoken like a true narcissist

    I’d almost feel bad for them all being raised by generations of narcissists if they weren’t all falling so willfully easily into the narcissistic hole themselves.

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  • [–] 31 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    I mean I guess he kinda is in a no-win situation, on the other hand it's a no-win situation of his own making. He chose to go in on Iran, now he can suffer the consequences of that.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Even with the war, he would get a pass from the majority of the public for going to his kids wedding.

    Although, now that he said he was going to skip, and he referred to his first born son as “someone he’s known for a long time,” he’s going to get roasted either way.

    The no-win situation was caused by his inability to show affection to anyone other than himself.

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  • [–] 25 points 5 months ago

    The party of family values, people

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  • [–] 23 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    He could literally fly there for a couple hours, and fly back. I wouldn't even be THAT upset at the cost, but at least he would resemble a human being for a change.

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  • [–] 21 points 5 months ago

    100% chance he goes golfing this weekend.

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  • [–] 19 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    “If I do attend, I get killed.

    I think he meant that literally.

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  • [–] 19 points 5 months ago

    “I very much wanted to be with my family but I was told all the attendees would be 18 and over”

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  • [–] 34 points 5 months ago

    Those golf courses aren't going to play themselves

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  • [–] 14 points 5 months ago

    It's nice to know that he cares as much for us as he does his own son.... kinda touching really.

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  • [–] 14 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    He did not get awarded a nobel peace prize.

    Sure enough he'll get the dad of the year award instead

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  • [–] 14 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Translation: I'm getting infusions and other top-tier medical care at the moment sorry, still recovering from China

    right? If he could go to China he could sure attend his son's wedding? It appears there's been a decline in health recently

    i'm so sad

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  • [–] 14 points 5 months ago*

    LoL. Only Trump can find his douchebag son's wedding a no-win. Christian values yo.

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    It's the Kobayashi-Marriage scenario.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    i really enjoy his reason for why he doesn’t want to go. i hope he maintains that level of trepidation for the rest of his life. for our morale.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago

    If it's a no-win either way, why not do the honorable thing and go to your son's wedding... nevermind I forgot who we were talking about

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    Is bettina a smurf name for a prediction market addict?

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago

    Ivanka already had RSVP'd with her Plus One, anyways (and it wasn't him!!!)

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago

    He’s been to weddings before. They’re boring.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Golf isn't going to play itself...

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    I have a thing called Iran and other things.’”

    “That’s one I can’t win on,”

    Not sure of the timing of those two statements, but reading them right after the other had me nodding my head.

    The Qlown can cut and run from his war of choice and I suppose oil may drift downwards. And I'm sure a lot of idiots will forget and/or forgive him for it come the midterms.

    But yeah, I'm not sure how he's going to "win" the Iran thing. It's not like that Venezuela kidnapping thing or however he imagines Cuba is going to go. Same with stealing Greenland. Those last two are probably going to go badly, too, but Iran has proven to be an absolute clusterfuck for him so far.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    Such a burn. You know the bride was all excited to have a White House wedding, and they had to tell her that the optics would be bad. But at least the President will be at her wedding, and she'll be able to tell her children and grandchildren about it, right? Nah, he's got better things to do. Does he even know her name? Or is she just "the new one?"

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    i think trump should build a bunker and just stay in it until he dies of whatever festering STD, dementia, or other health ailment he earned. for security.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    Won't matter. He's invincible. Shit just rolls off him and onto the Democrats. This is the media's doing.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago

    What about Biden? He's not going to Don Jr's wedding either. Why isnt the media reporting on that?

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

    "While I very much wanted to be with my son, Don Jr., 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. I 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! President DONALD J. TRUMP,” the president wrote Friday on Truth Social.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    I could do my son's wedding, but, unfortunately, the only way to make that about me, is to proclaim I can't attend, to the whole United States of the World! Also, I'm running out of commas again, somehow, and have to go get more.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon...

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Coke prices fell on the news.

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