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Trump receives King Charles III and Queen Camilla within the White House

Donald Trump and his spouse met the British King Charles III. and Queen Camilla had been welcomed to the White House on Monday afternoon. It was the beginning of a four-day state go to by the British royal couple to the United States. The 4 had been solely seen for a second on the South Lawn of the White House; Afterwards, in accordance with the American president’s every day program, a “tea and a beehive tour” was deliberate for the friends.

On Tuesday there ought to be one other official welcome of the royal couple on the White House, adopted by a bilateral assembly within the presence of the wives and one other welcoming ceremony. A speech by Charles to the assembled Congress – the second by a British monarch after his mom’s in 1991 – and a dinner on the White House are additionally deliberate.

President Trump stated final week that he was trying ahead to the go to. Charles is a “friend of mine” and we can have a good time. Before the journey, Buckingham Palace stated the king was in Washington to “celebrate with the American people the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.”

However, the connection between Great Britain and the United States is tense today. Trump accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer of letting America down when he refused help within the Iran warfare. “When we needed them, they weren’t there.” The nation is now not the “Rolls-Royce of allies.”