During the afternoon of last Tuesday, April 28, in the White House A reception dinner was held for the monarch of the United Kingdom, the king Charles IIIwho decided to travel to the territory of the United States. Therefore, between cocktails, greetings and displays of affection, the sovereign gave a speech in which he also opted for making some jokes.
In January 2026, the president of the United States, donald trumpgave a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, in Swisswhere the Republican president said that, if it were not for the United States, almost all European countries would speak German and Japanesein reference to American interference in World War II.
Therefore, during his visit to the city of Washington D.C.King Charles III recalled that, if it were not for the United States, the european nations They would be speaking German nazi invasion. However, the sovereign of the United Kingdom dared to say that “if it were not for us, you (the US) would be talking French”, which sparked laughter.
This is because France had an immense colonial presence in North Americaknown as New Francein the 16th to 18th centuries, which spanned from Canada until Mexicowith centers in the Mississippi River. However, after the Treaty of Paris in 1763, the French lost most of their territories to Great Britain and Spain.
Tensions between the United Kingdom and Trump
According to what was stated by various American media, with his visit to Washington D.C, King Charles III achieved reduce tensions between the British Government and the Administration of President Donald Trump. Even so, the sovereign did not avoid the issues of friction and made multiple indirect comments with humor that they sought to criticize.
In addition to alluding to the historical rivalry between the British and French for the colonization of North Americabefore the independence of the US 250 years ago, the king continued the joking and assured that, on this visit, he had been able to appreciate the “readjustments” at the White House, as Trump tore down a wing to build a ballroom.
“I am sorry to say that we, the British, made our own attempt to remodel the White House in 1814,” he said, referring to when British troops set fire the building during the war Anglo-Americanwith the aim of punishing the United States as revenge for the destruction of York, Canada, in 1813.
Finally, King Charles III gave the American president a Campaign of the british submarine H.M.S. trumpfrom World War II, a ship of the third group that was built in 1944even though the only British Royal Navy ship named after Trump is not related to the president’s family.
Macron follows King Charles III’s joke
Through his social networks, the president of France, Emmanuel Macroncontinued King Charles III’s joke to US President Donald Trump about the fact that, if it weren’t for the British, French would be spoken in the United States: “That would have been very nice,” wrote the European leader on the digital platform
Faced with this situation, President Donald Trump, declared fan of the British monarchy, was taken with humor all the allusions of King Charles III and praised his speech before the Congress of the United States, the second by a British monarch after that of the Queen Elizabeth II in December 1991, where he launched a message of unity.
“King Charles managed to get the democrats they stood up. “I have never been able to do it, I couldn’t believe it,” concluded the Republican president during dinner, since, even though Trump was not in Congress, he learned that the British sovereign managed to start a ovation bipartisan, after his speech in defense of Ukraine.