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Published 13:48 27 May 2026 GMT
Donald Trump Jr.’s intimate Bahamas wedding to Bettina Anderson featured several members of the famous family, but one notable Trump was nowhere to be seen.
The president’s eldest son legally married Anderson on Thursday before hosting a small Memorial Day weekend ceremony attended by around 40 guests. After saying “I do,” the newlyweds shared a photo from bed showing off their wedding rings, with Bettina writing on Instagram: “Forever yours, forever mine.”
Don Jr.’s five children with ex-wife Vanessa Trump were all present for the celebrations, including Kai, 19, Donald, 17, Tristan, 14, Spencer, 13, and Chloe, 11. Siblings Tiffany Trump, Eric Trump, and Ivanka Trump also attended, with Ivanka later posting photos from the tropical getaway alongside husband Jared Kushner, Tiffany, and sister-in-law Lara Trump.
One family member who did not attend was Barron Trump, President Donald Trump’s youngest son with First Lady Melania Trump.
A source told journalist Rob Shuter that Barron was absent from the ceremony, with insiders also claiming he does not share a particularly close relationship with his older half-siblings.
“Barron grew up in a completely different world from Don Jr., Eric, Ivanka, and Tiffany,” a source told Shuter. “There’s emotional distance there, and everyone in the family knows it.”
Barron’s age gap with his siblings ranges from 12 years with Tiffany Trump to 28 years with Don Jr.
Another source also claimed that all of Barron’s siblings except Tiffany were excluded from his 20th birthday party in March.
“They’re not close — at all,” the insider claimed, adding that Melania was in charge of the guest list.
“Melania is in charge, and she wanted this to be about Barron — not about Donald Trump, and not about his other children,” the source claimed.
“She’s always kept Barron separate.
“Barron didn’t grow up with them in the same way. There isn’t a real bond there.”
Melania Trump was also absent from Don Jr.’s wedding celebrations.
Shortly after the Bahamas ceremony, Kai Trump was spotted back in Palm Beach, Florida, shopping with her mother Vanessa Trump.
The outing came just days after Vanessa publicly revealed she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.
Barron has largely stayed away from public attention over the years, which has fueled online conspiracy theories about the 20-year-old, including bizarre claims that he is a time traveler.
President Donald Trump also missed the wedding, explaining on Truth Social that tensions involving Iran kept him in Washington.
“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,” the president wrote on Truth Social.
The wedding comes just months after Don Jr. and Anderson got engaged in December.
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