Donald Trump Jr. he secretly tied the knot with his second wife, Bettina Andersonbefore their Bahamas wedding – the groom’s father, the President Donald J. Trumphe said he didn’t plan to go.
Court documents obtained by Us Weekly show that the couple obtained a marriage license in Palm Beach County, Florida, on Thursday, May 21. The legal document was signed by the deputy clerk, and the real estate attorney. Brad McPherson hosting a private event.
The marriage license revealed that Anderson, a socialite and model, does not plan to take “Trump” as her legal last name.
Us Weekly reached out to Donald Jr.’s representative. to comment.
TMZ reported that Donald Jr., 48, and Anderson, 39, plan to tie the knot in a private ceremony in the Bahamas over Memorial Day weekend.
On the heels of Donald Jr. getting a marriage license, her father confirmed to Truth Social on Friday, May 22, that she will not be attending the ceremony in the Bahamas.
Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson in 2025.
Mireya Acierto/Getty Images for amfAR“Although I really wanted to be with my son, Don Jr., and the new member of the Trump Family, who will become his wife, Bettina, the circumstances regarding the Government, and my love for the United States of America, do not allow me to do so,” declared Donald, 79, announced. “I feel it is important that I stay in Washington, DC, at the White House during this important time. Congratulations to Don and Bettina!”
Earlier, the president expressed uncertainty on Thursday about whether he would be able to include the wedding in his schedule as there is an ongoing military conflict in Iran.
President Donald Trump, followed by Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson disembark from Air Force One.
Getty Images/Mandel NGAN/AFP“He would like me to go,” Donald told reporters. “It’s going to be a little secret affair and I’m going to try to do it. I said, ‘You know, this is not a good time for me. I have something called Iran and other things.’
He went on to say, “I will not succeed, if I am there I will be killed, if I am not, I will be killed because of the fake news I am talking about.”
The president revealed that he knows Don Jr.’s fiancee. “a long time” and wished them a “good marriage.”
In December 2025, Anderson announced at a White House holiday party that he had just accepted Donald Jr.’s offer.
“It’s definitely been a weekend I’ll never forget in my life, and I’m about to marry the love of my life,” Anderson told those in attendance. “I feel like the luckiest girl in the world.”
ALEX BRANDON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump has given his stamp of approval to son Donald Trump Jr.’s new girlfriend, Bettina Anderson. A source tells Us Weekly exclusively that the 47th and current president supports his son’s relationship and feels that he and Anderson are “a good match.” “If he didn’t go, he wouldn’t go […]
In that event, Donald Jr. shed some light on how he answered the question, revealing that he would develop a detailed proposal that required him to keep Anderson distracted at first.
He finally asked Anderson “about that one word — yes,” adding, “He said ‘yes,’ so that’s a big win at the end of the year.”
This is the first marriage for Bettina – the daughter of the late banker Harry Loy Anderson Jr. and model Inger Anderson.
Donald Jr was previously married for 13 years to modeling Vanessa Trumpwho announced this week that she is battling breast cancer. They shared daughters Kai Madison19, and Chloe Sophia, 11, and sons Donald III, 17, Tristan Milos, 14 and Spencer Frederick, 13. (Donald Jr. and Vanessa separated in 2018 and settled their divorce that same year.)
