Relations between the UK prime minister and the US president have been fractious in recent months, with the president branding Britain\u2019s approach to the Iran war as \u201cterrible\u201d <\/a>and repeatedly lashing out at Sir Keir \u2013 at one point describing him as \u201cnot Winston Churchill\u201d.<\/p>\n It comes after the UK prime minister repeatedly insisted that the UK will \u201cnot get dragged in\u201d to the conflict in the Middle East, insisting that it is \u201cnot our war\u201d. <\/p>\n Asked by the BBC whether the upcoming state visit from the King could help repair the damaged relationship, Trump said: \u201cAbsolutely. He\u2019s fantastic. He\u2019s a fantastic man. Absolutely the answer is yes.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI know him well, I\u2019ve known him for years,\u201d he added. \u201cHe\u2019s a brave man, and he\u2019s a great man. They would absolutely be a positive.\u201d<\/p>\n In a video shared on X by the US Department of State, Mr Trump said: \u201cI look forward to having King Charles come. He\u2019s a friend of mine. We\u2019ve spoken and we\u2019re going to have a great time.\u201d <\/p>\n It comes after Sir Keir last week told parliament that the British monarchy is \u201can important reminder of the longstanding bonds and enduring relationship between our two countries\u201d, insisting the special relationship is \u201cfar greater than anyone who occupies any particular office at any particular time\u201d. <\/p>\n Mr Trump\u2019s comments will come as a boost to Sir Keir, as there has been hope in Downing Street that Charles and Queen Camilla can help put the UK-US relationship on a firmer footing.<\/p>\n It comes just hours after a former Nato secretary general warned that Britain\u2019s military reliance on the US is \u201cno longer tenable\u201d,<\/a> arguing that the UK should not expect relations with Washington to return to their previous state \u2013 even after Mr Trump<\/a> leaves office.<\/p>\n In his second attack on the government\u2019s defence policy<\/a> in less than two weeks, Lord George Robertson<\/a> \u2013 who is also a former Labour defence secretary \u2013 hit out at Britain\u2019s \u201cnaive belief\u201d that the US would \u201calways be there\u201d in times of crisis, saying such a mentality has diminished the UK\u2019s capabilities.<\/a><\/p>\n The state visit, which begins at the end of the month, will mark the 250th anniversary of American independence and herald the start of celebrations across the US, with Charles and Camilla marking the milestone at a \u201cblock party\u201d.<\/p>\n The first time Charles and Camilla will meet the president and the first lady will be at a private tea, captured by cameras only.<\/p>\n Later, Mr Trump and the King will sit down for talks in the White House\u2019s famous Oval Office while Camilla and Melania Trump take part in an event together.<\/p>\n However, the King and Queen will not meet with survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during their visit, sources said, despite reports that a private gathering was being planned. <\/p>\n There have been repeated calls by US congressman Ro Khanna and the family of Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre for a meeting with the King and Queen, and the Mail on Sunday reported that the Queen had been approached by victims\u2019 rights groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-547545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"US](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2271870296.jpg\")
US president Donald Trump said the state visit could repair relations (AFP\/Getty)<\/p>\n![\"Trump](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2235470983.jpg\")
Trump described Charles as a \u2018great man\u2019 (Getty)<\/p>\n