Former President Donald Trump's youngest daughter Tiffany Trump—his only child with second wife Marla Maples—will marry 25-year-old businessman Michael Boulos at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday.
The nuptials should be a happy occasion for the former president, who is still reeling from a disappointing midterm election as he prepares to announce an official 2024 presidential bid.
Trump, who is the only adult Trump child not being sued for fraud by New York Attorney General Letitia James, and her fiancé became engaged early last year after 2 1/2 years of dating.
The pair met while on vacation in Mykonos in 2018, when Tiffany Trump was studying law at Georgetown Law and Boulos was studying project management at City, University of London, according to People magazine.
Boulos, who is four years Trump's junior, was born in Houston, Texas, but grew up in Lagos, Nigeria. He is the son of Lebanese-Nigerian tycoon Massad Boulos, who runs Boulos Enterprises and is the CEO of SCOA Nigeria. Town & Country reported that his family owns businesses in more than 10 West African countries.
In a 2021 interview with the Daily Mail, Boulos' father expressed his excitement to be related to the former president, calling Donald Trump "the best president in recent US history; and the one with the biggest achievements by far."
After making their first public appearance at the Taoray Wang show at New York Fashion Week in 2018, it was reported by Page Six that Boulos was introduced to the Trump family during Thanksgiving at their Florida residence. A few months later, Trump and Boulos posted photos onto their Instagrams of the couple at the White House Christmas party.
Over the years, Boulos has joined the Trump family in a series of public appearances, including Easter services at Mar-a-Lago, the White House's Thanksgiving turkey pardoning, Independence Day celebrations at Mount Rushmore and the funeral of Robert Trump, the brother of the former president.
He also attended the rally kicking off the Trump 2020 campaign and appeared alongside his girlfriend during her speech at the Republican National Convention.
The day before her father left the White House, Trump announced her engagement to Boulos on Instagram, sharing a photo of the couple in the White House Colonnade.
"It has been an honor to celebrate many milestones, historic occasions and create memories with my family here at the White House, none more special than my engagement to my amazing fiancé Michael! Feeling blessed and excited for the next chapter!" she wrote.
People magazine reported that Boulos proposed in the White House Rose Garden with a ring worth $1.2 million. At the time of the proposal, a White House source told Page Six that the Trump family was "delighted."
Over the weekend, the bride-to-be celebrated with a bridal shower thrown by her sister Ivanka.
"Back in Florida, celebrating my beautiful, brilliant and kind sister @tiffanytrump at her bridal shower," Ivanka wrote in an Instagram post.
Trump and Boulos were issued a marriage license on Election Day, according to Palm Beach County records obtained by TMZ, but their wedding could be threatened by Hurricane Nicole, a Category 1 storm that made landfall early Thursday.
Mar-a-Lago is within the National Hurricane Center's forecast cone of uncertainty and located in a mandatory evacuation zone. The Washington Post reported that the Palm Beach property has been closed, although Accuweather previously told Newsweek that storm surging should not be an issue for the Trump estate.
Hurricane Nicole has brought in heavy rains and strong winds across the state. At least two deaths have been attributed to the storm and more than 310,000 Florida customers were left without power as of noon Thursday.
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