{"id":174176,"date":"2026-03-25T03:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T03:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/174176\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T03:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T03:15:07","slug":"trump-reveals-quality-he-admired-in-queen-elizabeth-in-new-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/174176\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump reveals quality he admired in Queen Elizabeth in new book"},"content":{"rendered":"

A preview of the upcoming book, \u201cThe Queen and Her Presidents: The Hidden Hand That Shaped History<\/a>,\u201d revealed a key quality President Donald Trump envied about the late Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n

While America was born from a rebellion against the British Crown in the 18th century, enduring historic ties between the United States and the United Kingdom have lasted through the centuries. Elizabeth\u2019s 70-year reign coincided with the tenure of 14 presidents across the Atlantic, some of whom made specific state visits<\/a> to meet her specifically.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump was one of those presidents, and he spoke about his experience there with author Susan Page in a book that will be published on April 14. In the book, Trump told Page about one conversation with Queen Elizabeth he never forgot.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018So could I ask you who was your favorite president?’\u201d Trump recalled.<\/p>\n

The Queen purportedly replied, \u201cWhy? They were all so good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Queen Elizabeth II inspects the Guard of Honour, formed of the Coldstream Guards, with President Trump at Windsor Castle on July 13, 2018. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI know, but did you like Ronald Reagan the best?\u201d Trump pushed.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, yes, I liked him very much, but they were all good,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

After asking her about former President Richard Nixon as well and getting a similar response, Trump asked, \u201cSo what do you mean, you liked them all?\u201d<\/p>\n

President Trump, Queen Elizabeth II and first lady Melania Trump ahead of a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace on June 3, 2019, in London. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI liked them all. I can\u2019t say anything bad about any of them. They were great,\u201d the Queen said.<\/p>\n

Trump then recalled pivoting to ask about British prime ministers, asking if Winston Churchill was her favorite.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, no, no. He was wonderful, Winston. But they were all so good. They worked so hard. They were very different, but they worked so hard. They were all so good,\u201d the Queen replied.<\/p>\n

Trump and Queen Elizabeth II toast during a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace on June 3, 2019, in London. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Trump was reportedly dazzled by her graceful social tact.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said to myself, \u2018How genius is this?\u2019\u201d he told the author. \u201cI couldn\u2019t get her to say a bad thing about anybody. She was amazing, actually. And not for any reason other than I don\u2019t think she wanted to create controversy. It was unnecessary.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cFor Trump, she prompted a rare moment of self-reflection,\u201d Page wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hate to say this because it\u2019s very disparaging to myself. She was sort of the opposite of me. She didn\u2019t mix it up,\u201d Trump admitted. \u201cShe was there for so many decades, and she literally never made a mistake, if you think about it. I mean, everyone was making mistakes around her, but she never made a mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A preview of the upcoming book, \u201cThe Queen and Her Presidents: The Hidden Hand That Shaped History,\u201d revealed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[2878,40123,153,1208,9,24,63,87,1312,122,124,123,5878],"class_list":["post-174176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-books","tag-diplomacy","tag-donald-trump","tag-media","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-politics","tag-queen-elizabeth-ii","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-united-kingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}