President Donald Trump on Friday announced he would accept an offer from King Charles to join the British Commonwealth, promoting America’s ties to the United Kingdom.
‘I Love King Charles. Sounds good to me!’ Trump wrote on his Truth Social account.
Trump was answering to an exclusive report, announced on Thursday by DailyMail+ royal columnist Richard Eden, that the King would make a ‘hidden’ offer to the president for the U.S. to become the next ‘associate member’ of the Commonwealth.
The Commonwealth, whose nations have a total population of more than 2.7billion, is one of the world’s oldest political associations of states.
Now the British are reviving the plan to extend the invitation with the hope the King will personally make the case to Trump when the president and first lady make their state visit to the UK later this year.
‘Donald Trump loves Britain and has great respect for the Royal Family, so we believe he would see the benefits of this. Associate membership could, hopefully, be followed by full membership, making the Commonwealth even more important as a global organization.’
