King Charles ‘agrees with me’ on Iran nuclear weapon ban, says Trump

Donald Trump has said King Charles agrees with him that Iran should never be allowed nuclear weapons. Trump made the remarks at a White House state dinner on Tuesday in honour of the visiting Charles and Camilla, after the two men sat down to bilateral talks earlier that day. As head of state, the king is above party politics and remains neutral. Trump’s comments are likely to cause some embarrassment to royal aides that his views have been made public. The president said in his speech at the white-tie event on Tuesday evening: “We’re doing a little Middle East work right now … and we’re doing very well. We have militarily defeated that particular opponent, and we’re never going to let that opponent ever, Charles agrees with me even more than I do, we’re never going to let that opponent have a nuclear weapon. “They know that, and they’ve known it right now, very powerfully.” The Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, repeatedly called for the trip to be cancelled before Charles left for his four-day state visit, which began on Monday. Davey told the Commons earlier this month: “President Trump is one of the most unpredictable people we have seen on the world stage and I hope he does not embarrass our monarch.” The Trumps and the king and queen arriving at the state dinner. …