Trump hails U.S.-U.K. history of fighting together
President Donald Trump praised the “cherished friendship” between the United Kingdom and the United States on Tuesday, saying “nobody fought better together” than the two nations as he welcomed King Charles III to the White House.
During a ceremony on the South Lawn, Trump said the wounds of the Revolutionary War, in which America gained independence from Great Britain, “healed into the most cherished friendship.”
“The soldiers who once called each other redcoats and Yankees became the Tommies and the GIs who together saved the free world as brothers in arms and brothers in eternity, and nobody fought better together,” he added.
Trump’s comments come amid tensions between the president and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer over the U.S.’s Iran war, among other issues.
Tuesday is the second day of Charles and Queen Camilla’s four-day U.S. visit, which is meant to mark the 250th anniversary of America’s independence.
Charles also addresses the U.S. Congress later in the afternoon, becoming the first British monarch to address Congress since Queen Elizabeth II in 1991.
Trump said he wished he could go to the Capitol for the king’s speech, but “it’s not supposed to be protocol.”
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