President Trump didn't actually crash a wedding, friends say

Updated

While hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his private Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach on Saturday, Trump discussed North Korea's missile launch with his advisers at dinner.

CNN reported that after the meal, Trump stopped by the club's Grand Ballroom, where he seemingly crashed a wedding.

The president took a photo with the bride, made a speech and mentioned that he knew the family who "have been members of a long time...they've paid me a fortune."

New York Magazine obtained a video of the speech taken at Carl Henry Lindner IV and Vanessa Jane Falk's wedding ceremony.

In the video, Trump can be heard wishing the couple well and saying "I saw them out on the lawn today and I said to the prime minister of Japan, I said, 'Come on, Shinzo, let's go over and say hello.'"

This made it seem to some that Trump had spontaneously crashed the wedding, but TMZ reported that the groom's father personally invited the president to the ceremony last weekend. Trump reportedly said he would do his best to make an appearance if he was in town.

"President Trump is an old family friend of the Lindners and the Falks and he politely stopped by to give a quick two-minute toast," wedding guest Kerry Whitaker Townsend told INSIDE EDITION. "Just like any old friend would do! We all enjoyed it! So exciting!"

Lidner, an Ohio native, comes from a powerful family that once owned the Chiquita banana brand. His father is the co-CEO of American Financial Group.

According to New York Magazine, Federal Election Commission records reveal that Lindner's father contributed $100,000 to two Trump super-PACs -- so it's evident that the president did not randomly choose to show up at this couple's wedding.

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