Overview
- New excerpts from Susan Page’s The Queen and Her Presidents recount Trump’s 2019 state visit and, by his account, a later call from the Queen during the Kim Darroch leak that helped cool the dispute, with the book due out in April.
- At the June 3, 2019 state dinner at Buckingham Palace, Trump pressed her to name a favorite U.S. president, and she declined by praising them all.
- Trump said he repeatedly asked about Prince Harry and Meghan, and he recalled the Queen deflecting with polite answers while he argued the saga had hurt her.
- He told the author he admired her refusal to criticize others and called her “the opposite of me,” citing her skill at avoiding public spats.
- Trump later guessed he was her favorite president, a claim figures quoted in the book — including Jill Biden, Hillary Clinton, and Bill Clinton — treat as unlikely.