Overview
- Trump, speaking at the White House on Monday, said King Charles and Queen Camilla called the residence “amazing” and marveled at the Oval Office.
- The four-day tour marking 250 years since U.S. independence featured tea at the White House, a white-tie state dinner, a rare address to Congress, and a bunting-filled street party in rural Virginia, with Trump praising Charles as “the greatest King.”
- Following the visit, Trump announced the removal of U.S. tariffs on Scotch whisky, cutting costs for Scottish distillers and the American buyers who bring their bottles into the country.
- The warm tone contrasts with reports from 2019 that Trump found the then‑Prince Charles “boring” and called their talk “terrible,” accounts attributed to Stephanie Grisham and detailed in Susan Page’s new book.
- A senior palace aide said the couples’ rapport is genuine, a point emphasized as both governments worked through a tense period in relations over the war in Iran.