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Trump’s King Boast Blown Up by Royal Reality Check
April 29, 2026
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Pool / WireImagePresident Donald Trump’s boast that King Charles backs him wholeheartedly on Iran has been blown up by Buckingham Palace.At the White House state dinner on Tuesday evening, Trump, 79, delivered a part-scripted, part freewheeling speech. He congratulated the king on his speech to Congress, patted himself on the back for his real estate chops, gave a shout-out to Irish golfer Rory McIlroy, and declared victory over Iran.
After claiming that the U.S. had “militarily defeated” Iran, the president dropped Charles into it. “We are never going to let that opponent ever—Charles agrees with me, even more than I do—we’re never going to let that opponent have a nuclear weapon,” he said. Read more at The Daily Beast.
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