Trump swings from gushing praise for King to scathing criticism of Starmer in five-minute call with Sky News

Sky News ^ | April 15 | Mark Stone, US correspondent

[RandFan]

The president and I spoke an hour after Buckingham Palace announced details of King Charles and Queen Camilla's state visit to the United States.

His tone and his language revealed to me how distinctly he differentiates Britain's royals from its politicians.

He also revealed that he did not know that the King's visit is taking place at the request of the government.

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[RandFan]

Paraphrasing from recorded call:

"UK Policies are insane"

"Your country is being invaded"

"Tragic not to take advantage of the North Sea" (for oil and gas).

"You have the highest energy bills in the world"

"I'd like to see Britain succeed but bad energy policy and bad immigration policy means the worst of both worlds"

I dont think I disagree with anything he said there. Trump in good form.

[clearcarbon]

"The president and I spoke an hour after Buckingham Palace announced details of King Charles and Queen Camilla's state visit to the United States."

Any "No Kings" rallies scheduled toward the end of April?

[RoosterRedux]

According to the article, this reporter just called the President's mobile phone and Trump picked up and agreed to a brief interview as long as the reporter only publish the results of the interview, not a broadcast of the recorded audio of the interview.

That's amazing transparency.

[PA Presbyterian]

When Trump fully realizes that Charles is here as a tool of his government and not because he loves and admires The Donald, Trump’s welcoming smile will vanish. He’ll probably cut the visit short, cancel the pomp and circumstance, and remind Charles that 250 years ago we got rid of his lot.

[SaveFerris]

This is surprising

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