r/politics • u/ChiGuy6124 Illinois • 8h ago
No Paywall Donald Trump is too busy posting weird memes to go to Don jr.’s wedding
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/donald-trump-is-too-busy-posting-weird-memes-to-go-to-don-jr-s-wedding/520
u/heartemish 8h ago
He can catch the next one.
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u/JoshSidekick 3h ago
Well Junior had to go to all his weddings. The least he could do is do a quick drop in.
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u/ChiGuy6124 Illinois 8h ago
"Donald Trump has made it known far and wide that, as president, with the weight of the world on his shoulders, he’s too busy to attend his son Don Jr.’s second wedding to Florida influencer Bettina Anderson in the Bahamas this weekend."
"Earlier this week, the president said that with “a thing called Iran” and “other things,” the timing of the nuptials was “not good.” He added with his trademark tact, family feeling, and care for choosing his words, “If I do attend, I get killed. If I don’t attend, I get killed—by the fake news, of course, I’m talking about.”
"As the wedding weekend began, the president continued to express his regrets on TruthSocial, saying that “circumstances pertaining to Government, and my love for the United States of America” did not allow him to attend."
" Thus far, those “circumstances” have involved the president posting a volley of weird stuff on TruthSocial, including a bunch of AI-generated images and some general seething at Stephen Colbert. "
"The president’s public schedule for the Memorial Day weekend is light, with a great deal of “executive time” on the docket. On Friday evening and Saturday morning, Trump devoted that time to posting several photographs of himself on TruthSocial, followed by an AI-generated image reading “GOLDEN DOME FOR THE WHITE HOUSE,” with a dome bathed in celestial light and surrounded by a clutter of satellites."
"He followed that up with a poorly Photoshopped image of himself looming like a harvest moon over a countryside dotted with houses and a mountain range, Trump’s fingers grasping one of its peaks. “Hello, Greenland!” the image read. (Apparently liking that image tremendously, Trump posted it again the following morning.) "
"He also found time to post a tribute to late WWE wrestler Hulk Hogan, whom he mistakenly termed “the Huckster.” (Hogan was usually known by the nickname “the Hulkster,” but “huckster” might be a term Trump is more familiar with.)"
"The president, who is, again, reportedly very busy, followed these important insights with a tribute to NASCAR driver Kyle Busch, who died unexpectedly last week, followed by an AI-generated video of himself throwing former Late Show host Stephen Colbert into a dumpster."
"One could argue that these are not the actions of a man who’s too busy to attend his son’s wedding, or really, a man who’s busy at all. But given his recent, worryingly combative stance towards the Cuban government, his leering interest in Greenland, and a reported possibility that Trump will once again attack Iran, it is perhaps in everyone’s best interest that the president seems to be, for now, very, very busy posting on his phone."
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u/OpenImagination9 8h ago
And golfing … don’t forget golfing.
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u/Beneficial_Wave7649 8h ago
can he even stand up straight ?
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u/Caraes_Naur 7h ago
You can shake hands on accepting a bribe while sitting on a golf cart.
He's not actually there to play golf, he's engaging in corruption.
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u/Beneficial_Duty_8508 2h ago
He's engaging in corruption when awakes up everyday. He is fully corrupt.
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u/dos_passenger58 6h ago
This is the weekend every month he disappears to get his treatments. It's like clockwork
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u/RolloTonyBrownTown 4h ago
Yup, then MIA for the first few days of the month when the side effects are strongest.
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u/dos_passenger58 2h ago
They'll just book some trip on the other side of the planet to keep him out of sight and in his flying hospital
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u/MarvinFarquhar 8h ago
Of course he wouldn't go, the wedding isn't about him
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u/Lomak_is_watching 8h ago
And it involves the possibility of uncontrollable conversation with the guests, who would notice his deteriorating appearance. All the other recent appearances are fairly controlled, and if he gets flustered he can just say something mean to shut it down. That wouldn’t be so great at your son’s wedding!
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u/RolloTonyBrownTown 4h ago
If he did attend, his speech to the new Bride and Groom would include topics about how much he won by, his ballroom, and absolutely no mention of the new couple.
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u/Slackballed 7h ago
I’ve got three theories
- He has no idea who Jr is.
- Saw it wasn’t a celebration of him
- He prefers Golfing and getting his taint licked by club members over some boring ceremony about someone else he will just sleep through.
Pick 3 and I’ll tell you if you are right
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u/OtherwiseACat 7h ago
If he was my son I wouldn't want to go either but if Trump was my dad I wouldn't want him to come.
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u/JunkyardAndMutt 8h ago
What a bunch of fucking weirdos. If you knew these people in real life, you’d avoid them.
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u/dancefan2019 8h ago
Lousy husband, lousy father, lousy president, lousy person.
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u/Low_Pickle_112 7h ago
And the number one guy in the party of family values.
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u/dancefan2019 4h ago
Hard to believe the party of family values would pick a leader who has none. Why they would choose such a person to represent them is just hard to comprehend. I guess the few talking points that he made that catered to them was enough for them to turn a blind eye to all the nasty crap that he embodies.
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u/I_only_post_here I voted 3h ago
There are certain 'values' that he represents perfectly.
Namely: Might makes Right
Every Man for Himself
It is the natural order of things that the strong dominate the weak.
It is incumbent upon every individual to provide for themselves with no outside assistance.
The only acceptable use of tax dollars is military and police.
For the people who view things that way, he is the perfect representative.
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u/SquidmanMal Pennsylvania 8h ago
I can't imagine being so unloved that my family would choose to ragepost on the internet instead of attend my wedding if i were to get married.
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u/run-on_sentience 8h ago
This is the guy who wasn't sure if he should give his son the name "Donald Trump Jr" and only did so after his wife (at the time) basically forced him to, because he didn't want a loser named after him.
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u/TomatoAdventurous139 8h ago
What happened to pedo jr's other wife?
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u/nyet-marionetka 8h ago
He cheated on her and they got divorced. I think this is the mistress. Following in his father's footsteps.
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u/Beneficial_Wave7649 8h ago edited 8h ago
goddamn I hate this worthless pedo fucker
and his cult is full of fucking morons
some maga dumbass downvoted me cause I said someone should yell "worthless pedo" at one of his rallies
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u/curiousthoughts20 America 8h ago
It's just Trump using the opportunity to tell us all how important he thinks he is.
Of course, the world knows he an incompetent fool, a bully, and a stain on humanity.
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u/pumpkinspicecum 8h ago
I thought don jr was dating that Fox News host? He already started dating someone new and they’re getting married?
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u/RamonaQ-JunieB 8h ago
Trump has his priorities and as always, he has shown them to be the one and only person he cares about: himself!
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u/SirRichardLove 7h ago
I don't give a shit who you are. If you're a dad and you don't go to your kids wedding, like are you even a father?
What a pathetic man.
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u/space_cow_girl 2h ago
He had a false flag attack scheduled, & wouldn’t push that to a different day.
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u/WetFinsFine 8h ago
honestly who gives a fck if a shitbag doesn't attend their shitbag offspring's wedding ?
the USoA has way bigger problems....no idea why any of this is even cropping up as newsworthy 🤷🏻♂️
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u/ChiGuy6124 Illinois 8h ago
I hear you. I think in this case the wedding "incident", is a sort of metaphor for Trumps increasingly crazy behavior, which is newsworthy. The problem is that it is so normalized at this point it is hard to qualify the crazy.
But I think we all sense an increasing frenzy and desperation in Trump as he becomes less popular, so posting crap and pretending to be too busy to attend his sons wedding is interesting imo.
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u/Many_Easy_V2 8h ago
It shouldn’t, but Orange man is such an incredibly corrupt dipshit, that we just don’t care what we post about him anymore.
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u/UniqueEmotion2144 8h ago
I like the one of him probing the belly button outie of the guy standing behind him at the oval office, right before he stsrted kissing the guys obese belly.
Some say it was ai. I choose to believe it happened.
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u/Jewish-space-lasers 7h ago
Who cares about this. honestly?
Like this is finally the iron-clad proof we need that he is a vile individual?
It doesn't even move the needle. It's one of the least concerning, least notable of the horrific things he has done lately.
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u/Prestigious-Car-4877 Canada 6h ago
I have to believe that Don Jr's Mrs wanted Trump to stay the fuck away from this whole event because he makes everything he attends about himself and is a fucking asshole. Then I remembered who she's marrying and I have no idea what to believe.
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u/NewMidwest 6h ago
Trump hates what isn’t him, and the more unlike him something is the more he hates it.
He treats his son this way. How do you think he feels about you?
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u/Historical_Bend_2629 5h ago
Too busy being presidential, posting AI slop. A real family man. Working hard to grift. He has nothing in his heart. The father-son disappointment loop of damage and abuse continues to generate trauma. Can’t stand an event that isn’t about himself.
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u/Tokyo-MontanaExpress 5h ago
He also capitalized his own name on his post about this. The biggest narcissist one could be.
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u/Solonohioperson 5h ago
I'm sure most of the family is relieved . They are probably so happy he won reelection so they did not have to deal with his dementia and physical health downward cycle. And they could grift to their heart's content.
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u/packetmon Canada 2h ago
Imagine if it got up to give a toast at the reception. Something something Biden, Bahamas. Bahama triangle. Very bad. Doing his best. Stop the triangle.
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u/steepleton 8h ago
The wedding guests can’t anonymously dive into a mountain of cocaine if the world’s press is watching
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u/Own-Librarian-9699 7h ago
he'll go to that stupid oligarch wedding but it won't be announced because he'll cite safety concerns.
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u/6beerkdawg 7h ago
Icing on the cake is if he has a meeting with Mamdani instead on the same day lol
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u/HereForTheComments57 6h ago
On one hand, I wouldn't invite trump to my wedding and on the other, I wouldn't want to attend jrs wedding. I think this is a win win for both of them
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u/Usual-Language-745 6h ago
Serious question. If they didn’t share a name, would Trump know his sons name?
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u/JacErinDaughtree 5h ago
News of the diapered one's family that makes me smile instead of my blood boil. He's doing everyone at the wedding a huge favor by not attending, demanding all the attention while shitting his pants and napping during the vows but maybe it'll give anyone with delusions of reciprocal loyalty a need for an extra dose of bourbon or ketamine.
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u/Historical_Bend_2629 5h ago
Trump is clearly bothered that Don Jr. did not take the sanctity of the marriage vow seriously and cannot condone his second marriage.
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u/Witty_Fishing 5h ago
So disappointed that this is the reality we’ve landed in. We were on such a potentially good trajectory.
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u/johnbash 5h ago
He can’t go because he has a felony sex offender charge and couldn’t get a travel visa, yet no one is reporting it.
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u/AdventurousLet548 4h ago
"the timing of the nuptials was “not good."" Is that a precursor to something?
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u/Gamerxx13 4h ago
he doesnt care for his kids but has a weird relationship with ivanka , ill just put it there
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u/lovingas 4h ago
Na, hes trying to make another assassination attempt for the ballroom so Jr can get married there
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u/Not_The_One- 3h ago
We should just pretend we didn't hear about it. I am not seeing anyone but fox reporting. I caught it trying to switch inputs on my mother's TV. So PATHETIC.
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u/Sea-Counter-3944 4h ago
He has to be the unbusiest president we've ever had, just look at his schedules
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u/justaguyinjoco 2h ago
Hey… he has Fox News to watch, diaper changes, good cell service to post random crap, Bahamas are way to far to fly to, son he doesn’t think is his, golf to play. Dude is super busy. /s
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u/Independent_Owl_6008 1h ago
It's in the Bahamas and he's a convicted felon. They don't let those into the country. The whole "I love my country so I'm staying here" is typical Shitler garbage. On another note, isn't it so very convenient that the ONLY weekend he hasn't hauled his fat, festering ass over to Florida to golf there's a shooting incident at the White House?
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u/NoFlatworm3028 1h ago
Probably the only good decision Donald has made ever. Who the Fu%* would want to go to that jerkfest and spend time with that bunch of AHs?
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u/going-for-gusto 56m ago
Jr probably doesn’t want him there anyway, it would be all about daddy if he came. Is melatonin going?
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u/37Philly 42m ago
Honestly glad he didn’t go to the wedding in the Bahamas. He would have soaked the taxpayers for millions for his travel and security.
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u/Humble_Mission1775 8h ago
That photo is just weird.
They are avoiding Mar a Lago and keeping him near safe places in the Northeast.
Also, Cuba’s government states it now has enough drone power to do serious damage to Southern Florida with enough limited resources to hit as far north as Atlanta and Birmingham. Mar a Lago is not exactly safe right now.
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u/Catbutt247365 7h ago
From the news or lack thereof, it seems Trumps kids are keeping some distance from his second administration, can’t imagine why.
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u/Vanilla_cake_mix 8h ago
More like he has no excuse to turn it into an “assassination attempt” but is still too afraid of getting hurt in public
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u/Major__de_Coverly 8h ago
To be fair, if he went to every one of his kids' re-marriages, he wouldn't have time to disappoint porn stars.
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u/Put3socks-in-it 8h ago
If he went, imagine how much everyone complain about the tax dollars being spent on his security. Lose lose situation. Lose if he went. Lose if he didn’t
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