President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will try to attend his eldest son's wedding in the Bahamas this weekend but warned that he might not make it because of the ongoing conflict in Iran and "other things." 

News outlets reported this week that Donald Trump Jr. is expected to marry his fiancee Bettina Anderson, a Palm Beach socialite, in a small wedding on a private island on Saturday. 

The president did not share an opinion of his son's fiancée but said that he hopes the pair have a "great marriage." 

“He’d like me to go, but it’s going to be just a small, little private affair, and I’m going to try and make it,” the president told a reporter at the White House. “I’m in the midst — I said, ‘You know, this is not good timing for me, I have a thing called Iran and other things.’

“That’s one I can’t win on,” he continued. “If I do attend, I get killed, if I don’t attend, I get killed, by the fake news, of course ... But he’s got a very — a person who I’ve known for a long time, and hopefully, they’re going to have a great marriage.”

Trump Jr. announced his engagement to the Florida socialite in December. But the ceremony comes just days after his first wife Vanessa Trump revealed she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. 

It was not immediately clear what family members will be attending the wedding, but Donald Trump Jr. and Vanessa Trump share five children: Kai Trump, Donald Trump III, Tristan Trump, Spencer Trump and Chloe Trump. 

 Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.