President Donald Trump has stated he might not be able to attend the wedding of his son, Don Jr., to Bettina Anderson.
Reporter: Are you attending your son’s wedding?
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 21, 2026
Trump: He’d like me to go. I’m going to try. I said, this is not good timing for me. I have a thing called Iran and other things. He’s a person I’ve known for a long time. pic.twitter.com/lGdjvU7oD0
Trump said Don. Jr. would like him to go, and he was going to try, but the timing was difficult with the military action going on in Iran. He said that whether he went or not, either way, he was going to "get killed" — the media would go after him whether he went or didn't. Trump also said (of Don Jr.), "He's got a person I've known for a long time," in reference to Bettina Anderson, Don's intended, and that he hoped they had a great marriage. (The transcription above of the tweet is inaccurate — more on that later in this story.)
The wedding date appeared to be set on short notice, with a report breaking this week that the ceremony would be this weekend. So that's challenging for presidential security, especially because it's also in the Bahamas. After multiple assassination attempts against the president, that has to be a top concern.
So how did the Democrats respond to Trump's comment? Exactly what Trump predicted about the media, they immediately attacked him over possibly not going. And you'll never guess who weighed in.
Democrats are giving Trump sh*t for not *publicly* committing to attend Don Jr.’s wedding in a FOREIGN COUNTRY
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 21, 2026
Ilhan Omar called him the “worst parent in the world.”
Question for @Ilhan: did your parents attend your wedding when you married your brother?
Also, if 47, DID go,… pic.twitter.com/O2PElQaECc
Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN-05) said she thought any parent would want to be there for their child's "important day." She said he found time to golf and talk about the ballroom, so "if he really cared about his son, and cared about being a family man, he would try to make time to go to his son's wedding."
Can we say that Omar is perhaps the last person who should weigh in on the propriety of marriage and family matters? She really can't lecture anyone about family values. Plus, it shows how clueless she is about all the considerations that would have to go into the security. I'm also thinking she may be kept busy responding to questions about all the fraud in Minnesota.
Now on to that false transcription I mentioned, which claims Trump said about Don, Jr, "He’s a person I’ve known for a long time," when he said, "He's got a person I've known for a long time."
That started a wave of leftists claiming this was somehow proof that Trump had dementia or didn't like his son. It was an interesting test as to who just reads the transcription vs. who listens to the video before posting.
Like Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ). He responded to the tweet about Trump with a picture of his young son, saying this: "My son has a soccer game this weekend. He'd like me to go. I'm going to try. I said, this is not good timing for me. He's a person I've known for a long time."
This is supposed to be a senator from N.J., and he falls for a false quote, and can't even be bothered to get it right?
At this point, they're so desperate to hate on Trump for anything, and it's just boomeranging, showing how ridiculous they are. They can't attack on policy, and this is all they have left.
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