WASHINGTON (Gray DC) – President Donald Trump praised King Charles III on Tuesday, stating “Americans have had no closer friends than the British” during a formal arrival ceremony at the White House.
The warm bond between Trump and King Charles III was evident during the ceremony for the king and Queen Camilla on the South Lawn.
“In the centuries since we won our independence, Americans have had no closer friends than the British,” Trump said. “We share the same roots. We speak the same language. We hold the same values. And together our warriors have defended the same extraordinary civilization under twin banners of red, white and blue.”
The trip comes amid Trump’s rocky relationship with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, primarily for the UK not supporting America’s war with Iran. But the president looked past that, recalling the deep partnership that the two countries share.
“Beneath those beautiful flags, eight decades ago, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin Roosevelt families famously met on a ship in the North Atlantic to outline a vision for the free world after World War Two,” Trump said. “That understanding of our nation’s unique bond and role in history is the essence of our special relationship, and we hope it will always remain that way.”
Trump called the U.S. and the UK “the two most exceptional nations the world has ever known.”
After their private visit in the Oval Office, the president said the meeting with King Charles was “really good” and said the king is a “fantastic person.”
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