King Charles' trip to US should be cancelled over Trump comments, Lib Dem leader says

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Source: Reuters

King Charles' trip to US should be cancelled over Trump comments, Lib Dem leader says

By Sarah Young
March 9, 2026 6:12 AM EDT Updated 16 hours ago

LONDON, March 9 (Reuters) - A planned visit by King Charles to the United States should be cancelled after President Donald Trump repeatedly insulted Britain, the leader of the country's ​third-biggest party in parliament said on Monday.

Trump has repeatedly criticised Prime Minister Keir ‌Starmer after London initially blocked the U.S. from using British bases to attack Iran, saying he was "not Winston Churchill" and that Starmer had helped to "ruin" the so-called Special Relationship between the two countries.

That followed ​Trump's comments in January that European troops had stayed off the front lines ​in Afghanistan, drawing a rare rebuke from Starmer who described them ⁠as "frankly appalling" and insulting to the families of the 457 British service personnel who ​died in that war.

Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, said Starmer should avoid ​putting the king, Britain's ceremonial head of state, in the centre of a "highly political situation" with an April visit.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/king-charles-trip-us-should-be-cancelled-over-trump-comments-lib-dem-leader-says-2026-03-09/

Alternate link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/king-charles-trip-u-cancelled-101211168.html

[buzzycrumbhunger]

1. Why would they even legitimize him by meeting?!

Bad enough when they allowed him to visit them on their home turf, but to make the effort to come here—and in the midst of this bullshit Don’t Look at the Trumpstein Files War, fer crissakes—is not a good look to Charles.

World leaders need to start avoiding him, even if they can’t be arsed to speak out in protest against his insanity.

[Bread and Circuses]

2. I think we've seen that both the Monarch and the UK Government

Are lapdogs to the Global Fascist Criminal Syndicate currently causing chaos in the MidEast.

And Andrew, formerly a prince has many more secrets ….

[hedda_foil]

3. Actually, it was the British monarchy that started that whole fascist thing with the Middle East.

They called it colonialism at the time. That whole Empire thing, ya know.

[Bread and Circuses]

5. Agree, the Brits were all over the MidEast prior to WWI ...to topple the Ottoman Empire...

Grab oil rights,
install puppet regimes

And here we go again!

[yaesu]

4. Any "leader" who visits russian agent orange has lost all credibility in my book. nt