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>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-suggests-us-could-join-british-commonwealth-offered-king-charles
Trump suggests US could join British Commonwealth if offered by King Charles
The president was responding to a report that claimed the monarch would secretly offer the US associate membership in the 56-member organization
President Trump said Friday he liked the idea of the United States joining the British Commonwealth after a report claimed King Charles III would make an offer.
"I love King Charles," Trump wrote on Truth Social Friday morning while linking to an article citing a Daily Mail report that said the monarch would secretly offer the U.S. associate membership in the Commonwealth during Trump's second state visit to Britain. "Sounds good to me!"
Trump also reposted the same report about the king’s "secret" offer of membership late Saturday morning.
The British Commonwealth, created in 1926, is made up of 56 countries, including Australia and Canada, most of which were originally British colonies. The monarch is the head of the Commonwealth, whose maintenance was a major priority of Queen Elizabeth II.
Membership is voluntary.
The U.S. was part of the British Empire before winning independence after the Revolution.
India was the first country to decide to remain within the Commonwealth after gaining independence in 1947.
"I got to know her very well, and, you know, I got to know her in her '90s, OK, but she was great," Trump told Fox News’ Mark Levin in 2023. "This is a woman … 75 years she reigned, and she never made a mistake."
Trump has also praised Charles and the heir to the throne, Prince William, whom he met with in December in Paris, but he had fewer nice things to say about Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle.
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The president is scheduled to meet with King Charles during a rare second state visit later this year. He met with the late queen and Charles during his first state visit in 2019.
The Daily Mail said Commonwealth membership was first floated during Trump’s first term, and this time around the hope is that it would ease tensions between the U.S. and Canada as the countries trade tariff threats.
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Not on my bingo card but this is probably some Art of the Deal stuff, hard to say where he's going with this.