Donald Trump Jr. debuts romance with girlfriend Bettina Anderson at Mar-a-Lago event
Courtesy: Bettina Anderson/Instagram, AFP
Donald Trump Jr. and his new girlfriend, Bettina Anderson, were seen together on Wednesday night at Mar-a-Lago, where they were greeted by Donald Trump himself.
The couple’s appearance at Trump’s exclusive Palm Beach, Fla., club came just a day after Page Six reported that Don Jr. and his fiancée, Kimberly Guilfoyle, had ended their engagement and that Guilfoyle had been appointed US ambassador to Greece.
At the event on Wednesday, a source shared that Don Jr., 46, and Anderson, 38, “paraded their love for all to see.”
A source added, “they are clearly in love,” but noted that they “remained discreet.”
It was reported that President-elect Trump “saw them before he left in a long motorcade of black SUVs and motorcycles leading the way out of the club headed to the airport and NYC to ring the bell of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday morning.”
The couple interacted with the intimate crowd at the club, even joining the buffet line, and were seen seated on a stage in a VIP area secured with velvet ropes.
An insider remarked, “The ritzy and well-heeled crowd couldn’t help but notice the pair at the club where memberships now cost over $1 million. The couple didn’t try to hide their love as they laughed and whispered to each other in the buffet line,” adding that they “mingled and greeted other guests like a sophisticated political couple.”
Their dinner concluded with mini-donuts served with vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce, and sweet toppings like M&Ms. Don Jr. “recommended the dessert to others in the buffet line and joked out loud to guests that, ‘anything with fried dough is for me!’”
An insider described Don Jr. as “dapper in a natty blue blazer, blue shirt and khaki slacks,” while Bettina was praised for her appearance, being described as “a tall drink of water if there ever was one” and looking “very fit and athletic.” People commented that she resembled “a Palm Beach goddess from the ’50s,” evoking the resort’s golden age.