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Should King Charles's planned US visit go ahead in current circumstances?

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dwordle · 04/04/2026 09:12

With King Charles visit to America on the horizon, I'm wondering why this state visit hasn't been cancelled.

Many will argue that it could thaw relations but I'm of the opinion that actually at this point in time I don't believe it's appropriate.

The Trump administration has shown no respect to our sovereignty, has openly abused our military, our prime minister and mocked our war veterans.

I do believe that our friends are in Europe and America right now isn't an reliable ally.

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MsAmerica · 11/04/2026 00:42

dwordle · 10/04/2026 07:44

You are correct it won't help relationships, Trump is now threatening NATO again. Although his powers to remove the US are limited but that won't stop him.

So is this the right time and the right message for our King to visit Trump.... absolutely not. It should be cancelled and we should deal with the fallout.

My view is let Trump leave, we will cope and the US will be back once the democrats get in

My fear now is Greenland and Cuba, I believe Greenland will come first. He will do it to hurt NATO. I do feel, however, that there is a growing resistance amongst military top brass to enact Trumps whims without congressional oversight. So we will have to wait and see

The only problem with "letting" Trump leave is that it's taking too damn long.

saraclara · 11/04/2026 00:56

Charles not going would have ramifications for the UK that would affect us all. Trump would not deal with that humiliation well at all. It's naive to think that there would be any self-reflection on his part. So he'd punish this country hard.

dwordle · 11/04/2026 15:02

Let him punish us, you might find that Americans start to realise how damaging it is to have an imbicele as president and remove him in November.

Something has got to change and change soon and we can't let one fat yank trash everything good In the world.

Make America great at the expense of everyone else is not a policy I wish to support.

Trump is meddling with our politics and allowing billionaires to finance Farage . If Labour aren't careful they could find themselves in a position of not actually being a credible political party. Then consider a system where the front runners are the conservatives and reform....and we have no progressive political party.

We should never have left Europe, even the majority of conservatives acknowledge this. The lib dems and labour are the only parties that can take us towards the single market...full integration...full acceptance of our European status.

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saraclara · 11/04/2026 15:12

Let him punish us, you might find that Americans start to realise how damaging it is to have an imbicele as president and remove him in November.

That's so naive. Many Americans (and my American friends would agree), tend to be very insular, especially Republicans. They don't care about internationalism. Many are entirely US focused, and have no interest in what any other countries' governments or populations think of them or their president.

I suspect that many would revel in him punishing Europeans.

dwordle · 12/04/2026 16:11

Thats absolutely fine, we will take the punishment. We will align with the Chinese who have been grown ups despite all the anti China rhetoric coming from the states.

I can remember the US making us ban Huawei from our telecommunications despite being one of the best companies out there. Instead we have become saddled with American tech which is doing lasting harm.

Americans are fleeing in their droves...to Canada, England, Scotland and Ireland. They don't like what America is becoming. Great for republicans but from what I'm reading many of those are horrified too....

We should never be scared calling our wrongs and our Royal Family isn't there to appease dictatorships.

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