GB News host Ben Leo issued a major update on King Charles’s visit to the US and it’s bad news for Donald Trump. The US Chief correspondent suggested the monarch’s plans to travel overseas may be cancelled following the fallout from the Iran conflict. Despite the US president’s claims the US-Israeli war with Iran will be over “pretty quickly” it has not showed any signs of slowing down.
The latest update comes amid a recent poll conducted by YouGov which suggested nearly half of the UK want the King’s visit to the US to be cancelled. Figures show that 46 per cent of Brits believe King Charles should stay in the UK, 36 per cent say the visit should go ahead and 18 per cent were undecided.
Speaking live from the US, Ben began: “[Trump] has a lot on his plate with Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, of course, and domestic matters with the midterms coming up. The Late Show Live and GB News broke the story on Saturday that we understood there was a high chance the royal visit would at least be postponed or scrapped completely in wake of the Iran war.
“Since we broke that story, I’ve heard even more whispers, stronger this time, that the visit won’t be going ahead because nothing has been organised.”
He added: “The visit hasn’t even been announced officially by Buckingham Palace.”
Sources at the Palace told the broadcaster that an official announcement about the King’s visit has not yet been confirmed.
Despite this, it has been claimed Trump is eager for the state visit to go ahead.
Ben said: “President Trump would like the visit. He is a massive fan of the Royal Family. He says he ‘gets on well with Charles,’ and it would be a nice welcome distraction from the Iran scrutiny he’s currently under if he could get King Charles into D.C for three days.
“The visit was already slimmed down. It was a three day visit to mimic President Trump’s visit to the UK last year.
“He would have one day the King and Queen Camilla having a state banquet and they were scheduled for another trip to New York City.”
With the visit expected to coincide with celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of American independence, concerns have been raised the monarch’s US visit could risk becoming embroiled in a deepening political dispute amid the Iran conflict.