BBC News4/29/2026Politics1 min read
Trump Praises King Charles for Getting Democrats to Stand During Congress Address
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- Donald Trump praised King Charles III for getting Democrats to stand during his congress address at a state dinner on Tuesday, the second day of the King and Queen's state visit to the US.
- The King made jokes about the Middle East crisis, a naked Sir Winston Churchill painting in the White House, and Trump's White House 'readjustments', also quipping that 'if it wasn't for us, you'd be speaking French' in reference to 18th-century British-French competition in North America.
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Donald Trump praised King Charles III for getting the "Democrats to stand" during his congress address, as the pair exchanged jokes during their speeches at a state dinner on Tuesday. During the banquet on the second day of the King and Queen's state visit to the US, the King also made quips about the Middle East crisis, a naked Sir Winston Churchill in the White House, and Trump's "readjustments" to the White House. He also joked that "if it wasn't for us, you'd be speaking French", in reference to a battle between Britain and France to control North America in the eighteenth century.
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