The US President is known to be a huge fan of the Royal Family
and to hold a particular admiration for Queen Elizabeth II. But in
his latest opinions on the royals, he has picked an unexpected word
to sum up the longest reigning Monarch in British history.
Top journalist, Susan Page, has just written a book about
Elizabeth II and the US Presidents who held office during her reign
and she’s spoken to some of them in her research. She has now
revealed that Donald Trump believed Elizabeth II to be
”streetwise”.
In a surprising quote from the book, the US leader tells Susan
Page that ”for a person that was never on the streets, she’s very
streetwise.”
The US President had another one word summary of Queen Elizabeth
II – genius. He told Susan Page that, during his State Visit to the
UK in 2019, he had chatted endlessly with Queen Elizabeth II and
had pressed her on who her favourite American leader was. He said
she refused to be drawn and had said she’s liked them all. He noted
that he got the same response when he asked her about her favourite
Prime Minister. And he told the author ”I said to myself, how
genius is this?”
President Trump spent several days with Queen Elizabeth II
during the State Visit. They had met previously when he was invited
to Windsor Castle.
He shared that he felt the two of them formed a strong bond,
noting that ”we talked about everything” when he paid his State
Visit to the UK in 2019. He added that ”we just get along.”
on a second State Visit to the UK by King Charles III in 2025
(Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)
The book also highlights other Presidential relationships with
Queen Elizabeth II, noting that she considered Ronald Reagan to be
a friend and that she made more visits with George W Bush than any
other leader, paying a State Visit to Washington as well as hosting
him in London.
There’s another surprising revelation and it’s that Barack Obama
has at least one thing in common with Donald Trump. Like the
current US President, the former leader also pressed Elizabeth II
on her favourite ever occupant of the White House.
President Obama asked, during his own State Visit in 2011, ”what
about Eisenhower, what about Kennedy?” He got no further in finding
a favourite that Donald Trump.
But some revelations are slightly less surprising. Jill Biden
speaks about her meeting, alongside Joe Biden, with Queen Elizabeth
II in 2021. They both noticed that as tea was served, Elizabeth
II’s priority was sneaking a cheeky sandwich to one of her
corgis.
The book, The Queen and her Presidents: the
Hidden Hand that Shaped History, by Susan Page is published on
April 23 2026 by Harper.
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