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The White House celebrated King Charles’ historic state visit to the U.S. with a photo of the British monarch standing beside President Donald Trump at the White House, captioned “TWO KINGS”
The president has previously likened himself to royalty, writing “LONG LIVE THE KING” on social media after his administration won an initial legal battle against New York City’s congestion pricing program last winter
King Charles’ state visit to the U.S. is the first by a reigning British monarch in nearly 20 years
The White House cheered King Charles‘ historic visit to the U.S. with a photo of the British monarch standing beside President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, April 28.
“TWO KINGS. 👑,” the White House captioned the photo on X.
The president has previously likened himself to royalty. In a Truth Social post last winter, after his administration won an initial legal battle against New York City’s congestion pricing program, Trump boasted, “LONG LIVE THE KING.”
The White House followed Trump’s post with an illustration of the president on a fictional magazine cover called “Trump,” resembling Time, wearing a crown and posing against the New York City skyline. The post, which the White House shared on Instagram and X, repeated Trump’s “long live the king” message.
Thousands of Americans have been protesting the second Trump administration since June in a series of “No Kings” rallies across the U.S. “The president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don’t have kings — and we won’t back down against chaos, corruption, and cruelty,” organizers wrote on the protests’ website.
Asked in June whether Trump viewed himself as a king, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, “The president views himself as the president of the United States of America. This is a constitutional republic.”
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Following a Daily Mail report published Tuesday that the president and King Charles may share a common ancestor, Trump posted a screenshot of the article to Truth Social, writing, “I’ve always wanted to live in Buckingham Palace!!!”
The King and Queen Camilla were greeted with a ceremonial military review at the White House on Tuesday, after kicking off their state visit to the U.S. — the first in nearly 20 years for a reigning British monarch— with a garden party at the British embassy on Monday.
The royals’ four-day visit will include a state dinner at the White House, a visit to the 9/11 Memorial in New York and a block party in Virginia to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary of independence from the U.K.
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