{"id":197046,"date":"2026-04-14T17:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/197046\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T17:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:12:14","slug":"president-trump-and-melania-trump-host-king-willem-alexander-and-queen-maxima-at-the-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/197046\/","title":{"rendered":"President Trump and Melania Trump Host King Willem-Alexander and Queen M\u00e1xima at the White House"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Estimated2 min read<\/p>\n

Last night, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump hosted King Willem-Alexander and Queen M\u00e1xima at the White House for dinner and an overnight stay.<\/p>\n

It is not a state visit; the Dutch royals are visiting the United States on a \u201cworking visit,\u201d with stops in Philadelphia, Washington, DC, and Miami. \u201cThe relations and the mutual transatlantic ties between the US and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are important for security and prosperity,\u201d the Royal House of the Netherlands noted<\/a> in an overview of the Dutch royal couple\u2019s trip. \u201cThe working visit aims to underscore and strengthen the relationship and intensive cooperation in numerous fields at both the federal and state levels. The visit offers an opportunity, in the year that the US celebrates 250 years of independence, to reflect on the deep historical and cultural ties between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the US.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"PresidentWin McNamee\/\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Trumps welcoming the couple at the Diplomatic Entrance to teh White House.<\/p>\n

\"KingPatrick van Katwijk\/\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The couples pose for a photograph outside the White House.<\/p>\n

For the dinner, the Dutch queen wore an orange dress, a nod to the flag of the Netherlands. The First Lady, meanwhile, wore a black and white Erdem gown.<\/p>\n

\"KingPatrick van Katwijk\/\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Melania Trump and Queen M\u00e1xima.<\/p>\n

The dinner was closed to press, but after, the Dutch Prime Minsiter Rob Jetten shared a message on social media on what occurred. \u201cOur visit focused on the special and deeply rooted bond between the United States and the Netherlands. We talked about our strong trade relations and our security cooperation, including within NATO,\u201d he wrote<\/a>. \u201cOf course we also discussed the recent developments in and around Iran. It is important that we now work towards a sustainable solution and prevent the situation from escalating further. Russia\u2019s continuing aggression in Ukraine was also a key topic of discussion.\u201d<\/p>\n

After dinner, King Willem-Alexander and Queen M\u00e1xima stayed at the White House,<\/a> at the invitation of President Trump.<\/p>\n

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Emily Burack (she\/her) is the Deputy Digital Editor for Town & Country, where she covers entertainment, celebrities, the royals, and a wide range of other topics. Before joining T&C, she was the deputy managing editor at Hey Alma, a Jewish culture site. Follow her @emburack on Instagram, Twitter, and other social media platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2 min read Last night, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump hosted King Willem-Alexander and Queen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197047,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[78523,50892,567,78522,569,568,9,24,63,122,124,123,58803,78521,50891],"class_list":{"0":"post-197046","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-collection-politics-in-2026","9":"tag-collection-royal-family-news","10":"tag-content-type-news","11":"tag-contentid-aa11b1ce-571a-4410-b7a0-b796f45a8928","12":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","13":"tag-locale-us","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-queens","18":"tag-queens-headlines","19":"tag-queens-news","20":"tag-read_time-2","21":"tag-shorttitle-trump-hosts-dutch-royal-couple-at-white-house","22":"tag-subsection-heritage"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197046","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=197046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}