S8 Ep746: King Charles III’s Strategic Diplomatic Visit Guest: Gregory Copley King Charles III will visit Washington to address Congress and repair ties between Donald Trump and Keir Starmer. Discussions center on the strategic importance of the Chagos Archipelago
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🗓️ 15 April 2026
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| 1:02.2 | London. King is on schedule to visit America and address the joint sessions of Congress. |
| 1:06.7 | However, that's not what the feature of the headlines points to. It points to something called healing. |
| 1:09.3 | It has to do with the dispute, if that's what it is, between Mr. Trump and Mr. Starrmer, the Prime Minister of Britain, who has a very large control of the government with his parliamentary majority, but does not exercise it in a way that I understand. |
| 1:24.8 | Is the king the man to do this? And what can he say? What can we imagine he could |
| 1:29.6 | say to stop this bickering between the two of them? Well, the first thing is he can put on this |
| 1:37.2 | wonderful public display at the state dinner, which the White House will be hosting for him, |
| 1:43.5 | and at his presentation |
| 1:45.8 | to the joint houses of Congress, he will put on a very traditional conciliatory posture |
| 1:54.8 | highlighting the common values, common language, common legal systems and the like for Britain and the United States |
| 2:04.2 | and much of the old empire or Commonwealth today. |
| 2:08.6 | So that will be the public measure there and there's nobody better to do it because he |
| 2:13.5 | can't be blamed for the failings of the current English or British government in England |
| 2:20.3 | at the moment. So the real substance will be, I think, in private discussions that he has |
| 2:28.4 | with President Trump. President Trump is right to be extremely disappointed and angry with the government of |
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