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Donald and Melania Trump welcomed King Charles and Queen Camilla to the White Home for the second day of their state go to to the US. The unprecedented pomp-filled arrival ceremony featured a navy parade, canon hearth and a navy jet flyover, with prime members of Trump’s cupboard in attendance. Regardless of fears that the US president might go off the rails and embarass the British monarch publicly, Trump remarkably caught to the script in his transient remarks, praising the shared historical past of the US and UK and declaring that “People haven’t any nearer associates than the British”. After holding a gathering with Trump off-camera, Charles will later deal with a bipartisan session of the US Congress, with a state banquet to observe tonight again on the White Home. The king is predicted to make use of the speech to Congress to name for “reconciliation and renewal” amid strained relations between the US and UK over the US-Israeli conflict on Iran. “Repeatedly our two international locations have all the time discovered methods to return collectively,” he’s anticipated to say. Right here’s our preview.
Earlier, Trump claimed with out proof that Iran had “simply knowledgeable” Washington that they’re in a “state of collapse” and wish the US to open the strait of Hormuz “as quickly as attainable”. Trump claimed this comes as Iran tries to “work out” their “management scenario”, which he says he believes is feasible. Now we have not been capable of confirm the US president’s claims, and Iran has but to touch upon them.
It comes as Trump has reportedly signaled to his prime advisers that he’s dissatisfied with and unlikely to simply accept Iran’s newest proposal to finish the conflict, which might reopen the strait of Hormuz and depart dialogue of Iran’s nuclear program for a later date. It isn’t instantly clear why the president shouldn’t be glad with the proposal – however Trump has repeatedly insisted that Iran can’t have nuclear weapons – and his subsequent steps stay unclear. Extra on our Center East weblog.
Jimmy Kimmel refused to apologise for a joke made days earlier than the White Home correspondents’ dinner taking pictures wherein he described Melania Trump as glowing “like an expectant widow”, after each Donald Trump and the primary girl accused him of inciting violence. Throughout his Monday night time monologue, Kimmel identified he made the joke three days earlier than the alleged assassination try. “Clearly, it was a joke about their age distinction and the look of pleasure we see on her face each time they’re collectively,” he stated. “It was a really mild roast joke about the truth that he’s nearly 80 and she or he’s youthful than I’m. It was not – by any stretch of the definition – a name to assassination. And so they know that. I’ve been very vocal for a few years, talking out in opposition to gun violence, specifically.” Right here’s our story.
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On the roundtable, the brother of the late Virginia Giuffre criticized King Charles III for not assembly with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse throughout his go to to america this week.
“Survivors are right here sitting with members of Congress, nonetheless combating to be heard, nonetheless pushing for actual accountability, whereas lots of the highly effective figures linked to those techniques stay simply out of attain, unable to acknowledge survivors nose to nose,” Giuffre’s brother Sky Roberts stated. “You’ll count on this to be a second for the king to provide a message to the world that he stands with survivors.”
The dialogue included family members of Giuffre, who took her personal life final 12 months, Sharlene Rochard and Danielle Bensky, Epstein survivors, and representatives from a number of human rights and girls’s rights organizations.
The scandal surrounding Epstein, together with the latest launch of US Division of Justice information associated to him, has reverberated around the globe however significantly within the UK, the place the connection between Epstein and the king’s youthful brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has plagued the royal household for a number of years.
Giuffre, one in all Epstein’s most outstanding accusers, alleged that Mountbatten-Windsor had sexually abused her after she was trafficked by Epstein.
Mountbatten-Windsor has repeatedly denied these claims. In February, he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public workplace, stemming from allegations he might have shared confidential materials with Epstein whereas serving as a UK commerce envoy. He has denied any wrongdoing or accusations in opposition to him and has not been charged.
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Earlier right now on Capitol Hill, congressman Ro Khanna stated King Charles declined his invitation to fulfill with among the survivors and relations of Jeffry Epstein’s abuse.
The California Democrat has performed a central function in forcing the disclosure of thousands and thousands of sealed paperwork associated to the late financier’s sex-trafficking community, which has rolied the British royal household.
King Charles finally stripped his brother, the previous Prince Andrew, of his royal titles and privileges over his hyperlinks to Epstein.
“I believed it could have been a unimaginable second and assertion to point out that it doesn’t matter how a lot wealth you might have, how a lot energy you might have, no human being is dispensable and that the survivors deserve justice,” Khanna stated. “He sadly declined that request.”
However Khanna stated he had been assured by the British ambassador that there can be an acknowledgement of the survivors within the King’s speech to Congress. “I hope his flunkies don’t take out the acknowledgment from his deal with,” the congressman stated.
Late final 12 months, the King formally stripped his brother, the previous Prince Andrew, of his HRH model and his prince title over his connection to Epstein.
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Donald Trump says Oval Workplace assembly with King Charles was ‘actually good’ and calls monarch ‘unbelievable particular person’
Trump stated the non-public Oval Workplace assembly with King Charles was “actually good” and referred to as the monarch a “unbelievable particular person”.
The off-camera change avoids the destiny of different overseas leaders topic to a public upbraiding by the US president and different senior administration officers.
Based on the Guardian’s earlier reporting, British officers have pushed for the Oval Workplace assembly between the monarch and the US president to be held off digital camera for worry of a repeat of the scenes when Trump berated the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in entrance of the world’s press.
“It was a extremely good assembly,” Trump instructed reporters briefly remarks afterward. “He’s a unbelievable particular person. They’re unimaginable folks and it’s an actual honor.”
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US to embassies: deny visas to candidates who say they worry return to house nation
Joseph Gedeon
Candidates looking for a brief visa to america should now inform a consular officer that they haven’t skilled hurt and don’t worry returning to their house nation, in line with new steering issued from the state division. In the event that they reply sure or decline to answer both query, the prospect they are going to be denied will skyrocket.
The Guardian obtained a state division cable which instructs officers at each US embassy and consulate globally to amend their course of and ask candidates to affirm they don’t worry mistreatment in the event that they return house as a prerequisite for the interview to proceed.
The 2 new questions are: “Have you ever skilled hurt or mistreatment in your nation of nationality or final recurring residence?” and “Do you worry hurt or mistreatment in returning to your nation of nationality?”
The directive claims that the brand new course of is designed to chop down on what the division claims are folks misrepresenting themselves throughout the visa course of.
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On Monday night time, Jimmy Kimmel refused to apologise for a joke made days earlier than the White Home correspondents’ dinner taking pictures wherein he described Melania Trump as glowing “like an expectant widow”, after each Donald Trump and the primary girl accused him of inciting violence.
Melania Trump accused Kimmel of “hateful and violent rhetoric” and “atrocious habits”, and stated it was “time for ABC to take a stand” in opposition to the comic, who has lengthy been vital of Trump and his insurance policies.
The Jimmy Kimmel Reside! host made the joke on Thursday, nicely earlier than the Saturday assault on the White Home correspondents’ dinner, throughout a skit wherein the ABC host pretended to be the occasion’s MC.
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FCC to order early license opinions of Disney-owned ABC stations – report
The Federal Communications Fee (FCC) is ready to order early opinions of eight Disney-owned ABC stations as quickly as Tuesday in a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration’s battle with main media retailers, a supply instructed Reuters.
The opinions – which might result in the FCC looking for to revoke the stations licenses to function on broadcast airwaves – come within the wake of the White Home name to fireplace ABC late night time host Jimmy Kimmel however aren’t immediately tied to that, the supply added. The FCC, an unbiased federal company, points eight-year licenses to particular person broadcast stations, and has not revoked a broadcast TV station license in additional than 40 years.
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Kirsty McEwen
The royal White Home go to’s purpose of repairing the strained particular relationship might have suffered a setback after the Monetary Instances reported feedback by Britain’s new ambassador to Washington.
Christian Turner stated it was “extraordinary” that scandals round Jeffrey Epstein had introduced down a member of the royal household and senior officers in Britain “and but right here within the US, it actually hasn’t touched anyone”, reported the Monetary Instances.
A recording of Turner’s feedback to a gaggle of British college students was printed on Tuesday by the FT, which stated they have been made in February.
Turner additionally stated: “I believe there’s most likely one nation that has a particular relationship with america – and that’s most likely Israel.”
He stated, although, that the UK and the US share “a deep historical past and affinity” and that “significantly on our protection and safety, we’re intertwined”.
The UK overseas workplace stated “these have been non-public, casual feedback” and “actually not any reflection of the UK authorities’s place”.
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The Trumps, King Charles and Queen Camilla at the moment are strolling across the White Home tennis pavilion, greeting pupil state champions from the presidential AI problem as harpist performs on the garden.
The cameras are following Melania Trump and Queen Camilla as they communicate to among the individuals. Although there is no such thing as a audio, they seem like inquiring concerning the college students’ work.
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The day to date
Donald and Melania Trump welcomed King Charles and Queen Camilla to the White Home for the second day of their state go to to the US. The unprecedented pomp-filled arrival ceremony featured a navy parade, canon hearth and a navy jet flyover, with prime members of Trump’s cupboard in attendance. Regardless of fears that the US president might go off the rails and embarass the British monarch publicly, Trump remarkably caught to the script in his transient remarks, praising the shared historical past of the US and UK and declaring that “People haven’t any nearer associates than the British”. After holding a gathering with Trump off-camera, Charles will later deal with a bipartisan session of the US Congress, with a state banquet to observe tonight again on the White Home. The king is predicted to make use of the speech to Congress to name for “reconciliation and renewal” amid strained relations between the US and UK over the US-Israeli conflict on Iran. “Repeatedly our two international locations have all the time discovered methods to return collectively,” he’s anticipated to say. Right here’s our preview.
Earlier, Trump claimed with out proof that Iran had “simply knowledgeable” Washington that they’re in a “state of collapse” and wish the US to open the strait of Hormuz “as quickly as attainable”. Trump claimed this comes as Iran tries to “work out” their “management scenario”, which he says he believes is feasible. Now we have not been capable of confirm the US president’s claims, and Iran has but to touch upon them.
It comes as Trump has reportedly signaled to his prime advisers that he’s dissatisfied with and unlikely to simply accept Iran’s newest proposal to finish the conflict, which might reopen the strait of Hormuz and depart dialogue of Iran’s nuclear program for a later date. It isn’t instantly clear why the president shouldn’t be glad with the proposal – however Trump has repeatedly insisted that Iran can’t have nuclear weapons – and his subsequent steps stay unclear. Extra on our Center East weblog.
Jimmy Kimmel refused to apologise for a joke made days earlier than the White Home correspondents’ dinner taking pictures wherein he described Melania Trump as glowing “like an expectant widow”, after each Donald Trump and the primary girl accused him of inciting violence. Throughout his Monday night time monologue, Kimmel identified he made the joke three days earlier than the alleged assassination try. “Clearly, it was a joke about their age distinction and the look of pleasure we see on her face each time they’re collectively,” he stated. “It was a really mild roast joke about the truth that he’s nearly 80 and she or he’s youthful than I’m. It was not – by any stretch of the definition – a name to assassination. And so they know that. I’ve been very vocal for a few years, talking out in opposition to gun violence, specifically.” Right here’s our story.
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After Donald Trump’s transient remarks, the 4 of them departed the stage and ascended the steps to a White Home balcony, the place they chatted as they watched the troops marching and enjoying throughout the south garden.
After a navy flyover, they waved to the gang and went into the White Home, the place the president and King Charles will maintain an off-camera bilateral assembly this morning.
A navy flyover for Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla on the White Housee. {Photograph}: Nathan Howard/ReutersDonald and Melania Trump, and King Charles and Queen Camilla wave from the Blue Room balcony throughout the state go to arrival ceremony. {Photograph}: Alex Brandon/APShare
Donald Trump praises UK relationship throughout speech at White Home
Trump additionally paid tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II, Charles’s mom, referring to a tree she planted on the White Home in 1991:
double citation markQueen Elizabeth II – very, very particular lady who may be very significantly missed on each side of that mighty Atlantic – way back planted a younger tree, was a really younger and exquisite tree, and have a look at it now.
Just like the US, the tree “was laid by British fingers on American soil”, he stated.
Within the centuries because the US achieved independence, Trump added, “People have had no nearer associates than the British”.
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Simply to provide extra context to Trump’s “cute” remark, he was speaking about how his mom, who was born in Scotland, had a “crush” on Charles.
He stated his mom “beloved the royal household”, including:
double citation markAny time the Queen was concerned in a ceremony … my mom can be glued to the tv, and she or he’d say, ‘look Donald, look how lovely that’s’.
She actually did love the household … however I additionally keep in mind her saying very clearly, Charles … he’s so cute … my mom had a crush on Charles. Are you able to consider it?
Donald Trump calls King Charles ‘cute’. {Photograph}: Alex Brandon/APShare
Paying tribute to that shared historical past, Trump stated:
double citation markBefore People had a nation or a structure, we first had a tradition, a personality and a creed. Earlier than we ever proclaimed our independence, People carried inside us the rarest of items – ethical braveness – and it got here from a small however mighty kingdom from throughout the ocean.
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Trump speaks a lot of the “centuries-old bond” between the US and UK and the shared historical past between the 2 nations, with references to Magna Carta and the American conflict of independence.
He’s additionally complimented King Charles’s “lovely accent” and simply referred to as the monarch “cute”.
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