WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump confirmed Friday he would miss his son’s wedding, insisting he had to stay in Washington because of “circumstances pertaining to government.”

Trump had said a day earlier that the Iran war made it “bad timing” for him to attend Donald Trump Jr’s wedding to Bettina Anderson in the Bahamas this weekend.

“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 said on his Truth Social network.