The president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., is engaged to Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson, a spokesperson for Trump Jr. confirmed to NCS.
President Donald Trump introduced the engagement on Monday night time at a White House holiday party.
The announcement introduced recent consideration to a relationship that fueled tabloid hypothesis all through the president’s election marketing campaign.
Trump Jr. has been married earlier than. The president’s firstborn proposed to his first spouse, Vanessa, in 2004, and the 2 have been married at Mar-a-Lago in 2005, in keeping with information stories at the time. Vanessa Trump filed for divorce in 2018.
Trump Jr. was additionally beforehand engaged to Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former Fox News persona who later served as finance chair of the Trump marketing campaign through the 2020 presidential race.
She stays near the Trump household. As hypothesis swirled about Trump Jr.’s relationship with Anderson, then president-elect Donald Trump named Guilfoyle as his pick to serve as US ambassador to Greece, a place she at present holds.
Anderson and Trump Jr. appeared collectively publicly earlier this 12 months throughout a Trump family trip to Scotland, the place they joined the president for a ribbon-cutting ceremony of a brand new golf course and a commerce deal announcement.
In her Instagram biography, Anderson describes herself as “just your typical stay at home mom … only I don’t do household chores … or have a husband … or have kids.”
In a video of the White House announcement posted on social media by Trump ally Laura Loomer, Trump Jr. mentioned, “I’m not usually at a loss for words, because I’m usually doing the ranting and raving really well, I want to thank Bettina for that one word: ‘Yes.’”
A spokesperson for Trump Jr. confirmed that he proposed over the weekend.