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David Smith in Washington

Trump says he will miss son’s wedding to stay in DC during ‘important time’

two men in suit walks across lawn with trees in background
Donald Trump Jr and the president walk on the south lawn of the White House in Washington DC on 3 May. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

Get Me to the Church on Time, sang Alfred Doolittle in the musical My Fair Lady. But for Donald Trump, attending a wedding is not simple – even when it’s that of his son.

The US president will not attend Donald Trump Jr’s nuptials, he confirmed on Friday, blaming “circumstances pertaining to Government, and my love for the United States of America”.

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