{"id":352694,"date":"2025-12-16T23:13:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/352694\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T23:13:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:13:14","slug":"donald-trump-jr-and-bettina-anderson-are-engaged-donald-trump-confirms-at-white-house-christmas-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/352694\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson are engaged, Donald Trump confirms at White House Christmas Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump Jr\">Donald Trump Jr<\/a>. and Bettina Anderson are <a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/engagement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"engaged\">engaged<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> was the first to share the big news, announcing it at a White House holiday party on Monday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump Jr., 47, then took to the podium to thank his fiancee for just saying &#8216;yes&#8217; in a video shared on X, formerly Twitter, by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LauraLoomer\/status\/2000762105436185087\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Laura Loomer\">Laura Loomer<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/56e370cd-6ae0-4f91-8eb2-704c32057cce.jpeg\"  alt=\"Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson\"\/>Donald Trump Jr. is engaged to his partner, Bettina Anderson.  (Getty Images for amfAR)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not usually at a loss for words, because I&#8217;m usually doing the ranting and raving really well,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to thank Bettina for that one word: &#8216;Yes.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anderson said, &#8220;This has been the most unforgettable weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I get to marry the love of my life, and I feel like the luckiest girl in the world. Thank you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/latest\/chris-hemsworth-elsa-pataky-rare-comments-marriage-jay-shetty-podcast\/0d0a3df2-b116-409d-b10a-10de5a6e6f77\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Chris Hemsworth makes rare comment about his marriage\">Chris Hemsworth makes rare comment about his marriage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/latest\/buses-christmas-decoration-new-south-wales-festive-competition\/5a5cf110-0fda-46b8-8eb3-69bed1d37b48\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Expat&#039;s surprise after boarding Sydney bus\">Expat&#8217;s surprise after boarding Sydney bus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/latest\/jelena-dokic-fake-pregnancy-announcement-yane-veselinov\/b2ada02a-b366-4403-9b83-793d1e25238e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Jelena Dokic hits out at fake pregnancy rumours\">Jelena Dokic hits out at fake pregnancy rumours<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/fc864937-4e20-4500-9429-66ff08a6674b.jpeg\"  alt=\"Donald Trump Jr. sits with his girlfriend Bettina Anderson prior to a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House on October 14, 2025\"\/>The couple were first linked in August 2024.  (Getty)<\/p>\n<p>The pair were first spotted out together in August 2024, per photos obtained by the Daily Mail.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But at the time Trump Jr. <a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/latest\/donald-trump-jr-kimberly-guilfoyle-split-reports-breaks-silence\/5b3db636-3c4b-4008-9c5f-ecc5d95dafe5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"was engaged to Kimberly Guilfoyle\">was engaged to Kimberly Guilfoyle<\/a>, who he had been dating since 2018.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The couple got engaged in 2020 and quietly split in September 2024, but she remains close with the Trump Family.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As speculation swirled about Trump Jr.&#8217;s relationship with Anderson, then president-elect Trump named Guilfoyle as his pick to serve as US ambassador to Greece, a position she currently holds.<\/p>\n<p>For a daily dose of 9honey, <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/edm?client_id=honey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">subscribe to our newsletter here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/48e9845c-a056-4f3a-866f-8ad96476ada4.jpeg\"  alt=\"Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson\"\/>Things appeared to be getting serious for Trump Jr and Anderson earlier this year. (Getty)<img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/303463ff-2601-46da-81c7-79228d9f8a8b.jpeg\" \/>Donald Trump with his son, Donald Trump Jr. at a campaign rally in November, 2024.  (AP)<\/p>\n<p>Trump Jr. was also married to <a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/latest\/tiger-woods-dating-vanessa-trump-new-relationship-donald-trump-jr-ex-wife\/30eb0d6a-db4d-4158-bdec-9e29d2daa194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"ex-wife Vanessa Trump\">ex-wife Vanessa Trump<\/a> for 12 years before she filed for divorce in 2018. They share five children together, Kai, 18, Donald III, 16, Tristan, 14, Spencer, 13, and Chloe, 11.<\/p>\n<p>Things appeared to get serious for Trump Jr. and Anderson earlier this year when she accompanied him to his father&#8217;s presidential inauguration in January.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They also made a public appearance together during a Trump family trip to Scotland in July, where they joined the president for a ribbon-cutting ceremony of a new golf course and a trade deal announcement.<\/p>\n<p>In her Instagram biography, Anderson describes herself as &#8220;just your typical stay at home mom \u2026 only I don&#8217;t do household chores \u2026 or have a husband \u2026 or have kids.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anderson is also an advocate for a couple of mental health organisations and she&#8217;s a driving force behind Project Paradise, a Florida conservation effort.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/entertainment\/latest\/ninecomau-whats-app-signup\/421c4156-5b58-42a0-9c4e-e65401b4e271\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOLLOW US ON WHATSAPP HERE<\/a>: Stay across all the latest in celebrity, lifestyle and opinion via our WhatsApp channel. 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