Posted on 04/27/2026 2:07:51 PM PDT by DFG
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump welcomed King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the White House on Monday for a brief joint press conference in which he presented the British monarch with an autographed copy of the Declaration of Independence.
Trump fielded a question from a reporter about the longstanding relationship between the U.S. and England before bringing out what he called a "special limited edition" copy of the Declaration of Independence.
"We have here a copy of the Declaration of Independence," Trump said with a boyish grin. "And this one is really special because it's signed by me, your favorite president. My signature is even better than all those other signatures on it, believe me."
When asked by the press where he had gotten the copy, Trump revealed there were still a few of the original copies scattered around the country.
"This is one of 26 surviving original copies," Trump continued. "I don't know how a copy can be an original, but that's what they tell me. You know, Thomas Jefferson wrote it. Very special guy, Tom Jefferson. He wrote a lot. John Adams told him to, can you believe that? He wanted him to write it because John was obnoxious and disliked, not like Tommy. Everyone loved him. Even his slaves loved him, if you can believe it. He was quite a guy."
Charles reportedly took possession of the document with little acknowledgment, keeping a stiff upper lip as he did so to mask his pain.
At publishing time, President Trump had also gifted King Charles III with an autographed VHS copy of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.
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The damned Babylon Bee had me going for a minute there. Good stuff.
THe UK’s greatest accomplishment has been the creation of Independence Days all over the world.
It would be a Trumpian gambit, though...
They had me up to here. That is so Trump I believed it!
Now he needs to give the Pope an autographed copy of The Bible.
oops. The Bee finally got me.
< snicker >
What you did there ...
I see it ...
Yes, our Dear John letter to Britain.
Me, too. LOL!
Not surprised you were momentarily taken in. There’s precedent. If you’ll recall, a certain narcissist POS president gave Queen Elizabeth an iPod on which his speeches were recorded
True story: When Pope Paul visited LBJ (D-TX) in the White House, he received a bust of...LBJ.
>>Now he needs to give the Pope an autographed copy of The Bible
Clapping madly. Very clever.
I didn’t catch the Bee until FatherofFive. Total naive innocent here.
He also gave her DVDs that would not play in Europe because they use a different codex.
If only it were true.
I have it on good authority that what Trump really wanted to give King Charles was...
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A Box of Royal Commemorative Tampons.
It sounds sooo Trumpian...
More feed for the shredder. Someday, “some people” will shred that, and the Magna Carta, and the Shroud of Turin, and the Holy Bible; then proceed to burning books, churches, and people. Currently they are too few, and under the protection of King Charles.
Right?
"I've been dreaming of a time when
The English are sick to death of Labour, and Tories
And spit upon the name of Oliver Cromwell
And denounce this royal line
That still salute him, and will salute him - forever!"
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