King Charles to meet with Trump and deliver address to Congress today

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What to cognize astir King Charles' sojourn to D.C.

King Charles III has a packed time successful Washington connected Tuesday — a bilateral gathering with President Trump successful the morning, an code to a associated gathering of Congress successful the day and a authorities meal astatine the White House successful the evening.

King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived successful the U.S. Monday afternoon, successful the king's archetypal sojourn to the state arsenic monarch.
The king and queen are successful the U.S. to people the 250th day of the signing of the Declaration of Independence this year. It comes astatine a clip erstwhile the U.S. warfare with Iran and the president's disapproval of NATO endanger to undermine the "special relationship" the 2 allies person treasured since World War II.

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What to expect from the king's code to Congress

Since the king's sojourn is meant to people the United States' 250th anniversary, Charles is apt to talk astir the narration betwixt the 2 countries, peculiarly during and aft World War II. The king, who plays a antithetic relation successful the U.K. than does the premier curate and mostly isn't progressive successful day-to-day governing, whitethorn trust greatly connected past to pass his speech.

"I expect the code to beryllium astatine a alternatively high-level and my anticipation is that it volition beryllium somewhat humanities — acknowledging the United States came from a gyration against his country, but past however we've benignant of flooded that," said Max Bergmann, manager of the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program astatine the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

The question volition be, Bergmann said, whether the king hints astatine issues similar quality rights and freedoms that the U.S. and U.K. supported unneurotic aft World War II, and whether the king hints astatine thing that could beryllium interpreted arsenic a disapproval of the existent administration.

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What to expect from the king's gathering with Trump

President Trump's gathering with the king is expected to instrumentality spot down closed doors Tuesday morning, distant from the eyes of reporters. They whitethorn sermon the U.S.'s warfare with Iran and different planetary issues, though Bergmann said his "baseline consciousness is this is going to beryllium benignant of a feel-good trip" focused connected the humanities ties of the 2 nations.

Still, Charles has a delicate relation to play. U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Mr. Trump's narration has been strained amid the warfare with Iran. Mr. Trump has besides criticized migration argumentation nether Starmer.

"He's got immoderate good thread and helium has to thread it done a precise very good needle," Bergmann said of the king.

Bergmann said the president and king whitethorn besides sermon different concerns of the king, similar planetary nutrition and wellness assistance for mediocre nations. International assistance from the U.S. took a deed with the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Mr. Trump told the BBC past week helium thinks the king's sojourn could assistance repair U.S.-U.K. relations.

"Absolutely," the president told the BBC. "He's fantastic. He's a fantastic man. Absolutely the reply is yes."

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Trump and Charles person met before

It's not wide precisely erstwhile they archetypal met, but it was much than 2 decades ago, erstwhile Mr. Trump was a businessman successful New York society. Photos amusement Melania and Donald Trump chatting with Charles astatine an lawsuit astatine the Museum of Modern Art successful New York City successful 2005.

More formally, the president and archetypal woman visited with him successful the U.K. successful 2019, erstwhile Charles was inactive the Prince of Wales. The Trumps visited again successful September 2025, attending an elaborate authorities meal hosted by the king and queen astatine Windsor Castle.

"I cognize him well, I've known him for years," Mr. Trump told the BBC past week. "He's a brave man, and he's a large man."

Mr. Trump expressed his sympathy for the king aft the king's brother, Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor, was arrested connected suspicion of nationalist misconduct successful bureau related to revelations from the Epstein files. The king had already stripped Andrew of his royal titles owed to his connections to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Mr. Trump called the concern with Andrew a "very bittersweet thing."

Charles' past authoritative sojourn to Washington was successful 2015, portion helium was inactive prince. He and Camilla met with the Obamas during that visit.

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King and queen greeted by subject band, past visited White House for beverage with Trumps

When Charles and Camilla landed connected U.S. ungraded Monday, they were welcomed by a U.S. subject set and schoolhouse children who presented posies of flowers.

Then, they headed to the White House, wherever President Trump and archetypal woman Melania Trump welcomed them with a backstage beverage and circuit of the White House's latest beehive.