{"id":610402,"date":"2026-04-28T02:21:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T02:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/610402\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T02:21:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T02:21:20","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-royal-visit-designed-to-avoid-making-things-more-awkward-between-us-and-uk-trump-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/610402\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: royal visit designed to avoid making things (more) awkward between US and UK | Trump administration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk\/prince-charles\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">King Charles<\/a> and Queen Camilla <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2026\/apr\/27\/king-charles-washington-state-visit-trump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">arrived at the White House on Monday<\/a> for a state visit in Washington, a city still rattled by a weekend shooting and a transatlantic alliance showing fresh signs of strain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">British flags could be seen lining lamp-posts outside the White House, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a> and the first lady, Melania Trump, greeted Charles and Camilla with handshakes. The four appeared to exchange pleasantries and posed for several photographs before heading inside the White House for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2026\/apr\/27\/king-charles-visits-trump-what-are-the-potential-pitfalls-for-the-monarch\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">private tea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The British monarch was spared the potential humiliation of being upbraided in public by the US president this week after the White House agreed that any meeting between the two men should be held off-camera.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">UK ministers have pinned great hopes on the state visit, which they are hoping will help repair the relationship between the two countries at one of its most difficult periods in decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">With Trump threatening retaliation for criticism of the Iran war by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2026\/apr\/10\/starmer-fed-up-trump-uk-politics\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the prime minister, Keir Starmer<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2026\/apr\/15\/rachel-reeves-donald-trump-iran-war-uk-us\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the chancellor, Rachel Reeves<\/a>, the government is hoping the king might be able to talk Trump down from some of his more aggressive statements.<\/p>\n<p>King Charles to meet Donald Trump off camera to avoid awkwardness<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The four-day tour, intended to mark the 250th anniversary of US independence, begins against the backdrop of a diplomatic rift over Trump\u2019s war in Iran and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/26\/white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting-covering-trump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dramatic security scare<\/a> at last Saturday\u2019s White House correspondents\u2019 dinner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2026\/apr\/27\/king-charles-awkwardness-meeting-donald-trump-off-camera\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>White House press dinner shooting raises questions over security at event<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shooting<\/a> in the White House correspondents\u2019 dinner has prompted questions over security with some asking how a shooter was able to get close to where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a> and many other senior administration officials were gathered and many others praising the actions of law enforcement that swiftly stopped the attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/27\/white-house-press-dinner-shooting-security\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>US supreme court reinstates Texas electoral map favoring Republicans<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/us-supreme-court\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US supreme court<\/a> formally reinstated on Monday a redrawn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/texas\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas<\/a> electoral map that was designed to add more Republicans to the US House of Representatives, as Trump\u2019s party seeks to keep control of Congress in the November congressional elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/27\/supreme-court-texas-redistricting-case\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Melania and Donald Trump call for Jimmy Kimmel to be fired in latest attack on ABC host<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In the aftermath of the White House correspondents\u2019 dinner shooting, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/melania-trump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Melania Trump<\/a> accused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/jimmy-kimmel\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> of \u201chateful and violent rhetoric\u201d and said it was \u201ctime for ABC to take a stand\u201d against the comedian who has long been critical of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a> and his policies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The first lady appeared to be referring to a monologue by Kimmel broadcast on Thursday, well before the Saturday attack on the White House correspondents\u2019 dinner, in which he referred to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/melania-trump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Melania Trump<\/a> as an \u201cexpectant widow\u201d in a speech otherwise largely about the Trumps\u2019 connections to Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/27\/melania-trump-jimmy-kimmel-abc-spat\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mexico warns US involvement in anti-drug operation should not to be repeated<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/claudia-sheinbaum\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Claudia Sheinbaum<\/a>, Mexico\u2019s president, said on Monday that her government told the United States, in a diplomatic note, that the unauthorized presence of US officials at an anti-narcotics operation in the northern state of Chihuahua should not be repeated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/apr\/27\/mexico-us-anti-drug-operation\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>US is being \u2018humiliated\u2019 by Iran\u2019s leadership, says Friedrich Merz<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The US is being \u201chumiliated\u201d by Iran\u2019s leadership, according to Friedrich Merz, Germany\u2019s chancellor, who suggested the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/trump-administration\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump administration<\/a> was being outwitted at the negotiating table by Tehran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/apr\/27\/us-humiliated-iran-leadership-trump-merz\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What else happened today:<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/27\/trump-news-at-a-glance-latest-updates-today\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">26 April 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived at the White House on Monday for a state visit in Washington,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":610403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-610402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}