Trump to skip son’s wedding that he labeled a ‘no-win’ for him: report
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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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
He probably has to stay close to the white house for medical reasons.
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.
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.
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.
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...
I thought he was implying that going to another location would drastically increase his chances of conditions incompatible with existence.
There's no money in it for him
Yeah, I mean he's played golf like 44 times or something.
Can you imagine the outrage of the right wing if Biden or Obama did that.
He has time to golf but not time for his child's wedding.
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.
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.
He's the commander in chief and has access to Marine One and the entire Navy. This is not a logistics problem.
Not that anyone would even care at this point, but I don't think the commander in chief should use the Navy to get to a private event.
The helicopter POTUS travels in is operated by "the navy".
He’s making it about himself. He gets off on that.
Not the sort of child wedding that interests him.
Daddy please love me. Daddy please see me. Dad won't you love me? Dad won't you see me? Daddy please love me! Daddy please see me! Dad won't you love me?! DAD CANT YOU SEE ME!!!!???
Weird that the non-war that’s now past the sixty day limit without congressional approval is still taking up his time.
We were on a break!
He's probably mostly uninterested in anything Iran and will probably spend more time talking about that stupid fucking ballroom.
Those golf courses aren't going to play themselves
I take comfort and occasional joy at the knowledge that these people are small and miserable.
“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.
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.
Nah, iran will be done right after the wedding is over, this wasn't a distraction from Epstein, it was a ruse to get out of the wedding.
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.
Colbert used to roast the crap out if trumps in ability to love his sons. Im so upset he's gone and wont do a skit on this.
The party of family values, people
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.
“I’d get killed if I do, killed if I don’t…”
So all things being equal… he’d prefer to ignore his kid and eat McDonald’s.
100% chance he goes golfing this weekend.
“I very much wanted to be with my family but I was told all the attendees would be 18 and over”
I think he meant that literally.
More reasons to go.
How easy would have been to spin it as "I'll risk everybody by being there".
There is not a single cell in his disgusting body that would even remotely contemplate that.
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
Aw, don't be sad. It's possible that he has a stroke and dies in a really funny circumstance, like falling down an up escalator.
LoL. Only Trump can find his douchebag son's wedding a no-win. Christian values yo.
He did not get awarded a nobel peace prize.
Sure enough he'll get the dad of the year award instead
FIFA dad of the week award
It's nice to know that he cares as much for us as he does his own son.... kinda touching really.
It's the Kobayashi-Marriage scenario.
The Kobayashi-I do
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.
Do we think he started this war just to get out of this wedding? 🤔
It finally all makes sense!
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
Is bettina a smurf name for a prediction market addict?
"in and out four days"
For not four.
What about Biden? He's not going to Don Jr's wedding either. Why isnt the media reporting on that?
Ivanka already had RSVP'd with her Plus One, anyways (and it wasn't him!!!)
Golf isn't going to play itself...
Also, he has a stupid golden ballroom to hype...
He’s been to weddings before. They’re boring.
Won't matter. He's invincible. Shit just rolls off him and onto the Democrats. This is the media's doing.
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?"
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.
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.
So, how much you wanna bet he wasn't actually invited?
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.
Coke prices fell on the news.
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon...