At a marriage bureau across from a New York courtroom where former US President Donald Trump made a crucial appearance of historic proportions on April 4, just days after he was charged criminally for allegedly paying adult star Stormy Daniels hush money in the lead-up to 2016 presidential elections, several couples exchanged vows.
He has surprised couples getting married at his golf courses with spontaneous speeches
As a Republican real estate tycoon with decades of experience, Trump has surprised couples getting married at his golf courses with spontaneous speeches about his personal complaints, built a reputation as a “wedding crasher,” and more in New York City. On April 4, Trump’s courtroom appearance lived up to his reputation as a “wedding crasher,” as it overshadowed the weddings occurring at the marriage office across the street from the New York Supreme Court.
As would-be newlyweds waited in line to exchange vows, protesters, reporters, and curious tourists thronged the streets of Manhattan where Trump was in town to face charges relating to a hush-money payment to adult actress Stormy Daniels. “I didn’t realize it was happening right here,” Peter Don, 30, told NBC News as he prepared to declare “I do” at the New York City Marriage Bureau to Monique Beckford Khalia. “It’s funny, but it’s not going to ruin our day.” “This is our day,” added 25-year-old Khalia.
Dominic Lamarco and his partner had also picked the day of Trump some time in advance and could not have anticipated the spectacle that would play out around them. Trump being officially accused on the day of their wedding, according to Lamarco, only made the event “more joyful,” she told NBC News. Since he departed office in 2021, the stories and videos of Trump’s spontaneous speeches at weddings at his Florida mansion have persisted in going viral.
The marriage of Donald Trump and Melania followed the success of The Apprentice, a reality TV show
In her book “Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America,” published in 2022, writer and author Maggie Haberman referred to Trump’s marriages as “Trump society events.” Bill and Hillary Clinton were present in January 2005 when he wed his current spouse Melania Klauss. The marriage of Donald Trump and Melania followed the success of The Apprentice, a reality TV show that Trump hosted, and was described by Haberman as “marking a new phase for Trump’s public life.”
“People on the street embraced him. He was mobbed. All of a sudden, there was none of the old mocking, the old New York Post image of him with the wives and the parties.” According to a statement of facts related to the hush money payments case made public by the Supreme Court of the state of New York, Donald Trump has been accused of “repeatedly and fraudulently” falsifying New York business records to “conceal criminal conduct that hid damaging information from the voting public during the 2016 presidential election.”
