U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would not attend the wedding of his eldest son, Donald Trump ​Jr., to Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson, because he has to stay in ‌Washington for government business.

"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," ​Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.

"I feel it is important ⁠for me to remain in Washington, D.C., at the White House during this important period ​of time," the post continued.

The wedding happens this weekend on a small island in the ​Bahamas, CNN reported on Thursday, citing two people familiar with the plans. The couple is already legally married, according to a marriage license filed in Palm Beach County, Florida, on Thursday. A spokesperson for Trump Jr. ​did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Trump told reporters on Thursday that Trump ​Jr. wanted his father to attend, but that it was going to be a "small private affair."

Trump said then ‌he ⁠would try to make the wedding, but the timing was bad for him.

"I have a thing called Iran and other things," Trump said on Thursday.

The Trump administration has been engaged in diplomatic talks mediated by Pakistan aimed at securing a deal to end the war with ​Iran that the U.S. ​and Israel began on ⁠February 28.

Trump had originally planned to spend the night at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Friday after an event in ​New York’s Hudson Valley, but he will now return to the ​White House, ⁠according to a change in his public schedule released on Friday afternoon.

Trump Jr.'s engagement to Anderson is his third. He was married to his previous wife, Vanessa, a former model and actress, ⁠for 12 ​years, and they have five children together. Vanessa filed ​for a divorce in 2018. He was later engaged to Kimberly Guilfoyle, a U.S. television personality, until they separated ​in 2024.