Trump weighs in on report King Charles will supply U.S. commonwealth membership | EUROtoday

Nearly 250 years after America solid off the shackles of empire by declaring independence from Great Britain, President Donald Trump seems inclined to take a small step again in direction of the nice and cozy embrace of the British monarchy by accepting an invite from King Charles III for the United States to affix the Commonwealth of Nations.

The King is reportedly making ready to increase the supply of “associate membership” within the voluntary affiliation of 56 nations, most of which have historical past as former British colonies. And Trump, it appears, is open to the concept.

Writing on his Truth Social platform whereas sharing an article referencing the unprecedented supply, Trump mentioned: “I Love King Charles. Sounds good to me!”

First reported by the Daily Mail, the supply from Charles III could be formally prolonged in the course of the deliberate state go to by Trump to the U.Ok. which was revealed as within the works after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer delivered a hand-written invitation from the King to the U.S. chief throughout a go to to the White House final month.

A member of the Royal Commonwealth Society advised The Mail that the potential of America making entry into the Commonwealth is “being discussed at the highest levels” as “a wonderful move that would symbolize Britain’s close relationship with the U.S.”

“Donald Trump loves Britain and has great respect for the Royal Family, so we believe he would see the benefits of this. Associate membership could, hopefully, be followed by full membership, making the Commonwealth even more important as a global organization,” the particular person added.

Having America becoming a member of the Commonwealth, whilst an affiliate member, could possibly be a means for Charles to easy over tensions between Washington, London and Ottawa which have erupted over Trump’s frequently-stated need to make Canada — a Commonwealth founding member and one of many 15 nations that also counts the King as head of state — the 51st American state slightly than the absolutely unbiased nation it has been for the reason that 1982 Canadian structure eliminated the nation’s vestigial authorized dependence on the British parliament.

Trump’s rhetoric in direction of America’s northern neighbor, which which it shares the world’s largest unguarded land border, has infected passions amongst Canadians who’ve taken umbrage at what has amounted to an unprovoked commerce conflict waged by the American leaders towards one in all his nation’s largest buying and selling companions.

The president has imposed tariffs on many Canadian imports and threatened to boost the import taxes — that are paid by American shoppers — even larger, whereas claiming that the U.S. commerce deficit with Canada quantities to an unfair subsidy of Ottawa by Washington.

Bringing America into the Commonwealth’s embrace might, in principle, deliver down the temperature by reshaping the diplomatic contours of the U.S.-Canada relationship whereas additional deepening the “special relationship” between the United States and her former colonial dad or mum.

If membership is obtainable and accepted, longer would America ship an Ambassador to the Court of St James because it has achieved since John Adams introduced his credentials to King George III in June 1785. Washington’s emissary to Ottawa would not be an Ambassador, both, and neither would the highest diplomats despatched by the U.Ok. or Canada to the U.S. That’s as a result of Commonwealth nations appoint “high commissioners” to symbolize one another’s pursuits of their respective capitals.

The 56-member bloc has roots within the post-Second World War period when the U.Ok. started divesting itself of its’ large colonial empire. And Canada, the topic of present tensions with the U.S., was the primary member.

Most, however not all, of the present Commonwealth members are former British dominions or colonies.

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