DONALD Trump was like a “jealous child in the playground” after seeing King Charles with Zelensky.
Esteemed Royal Correspondent Sarah Hewson told The Sun’s Royal Exclusive show the US President behaved like a schoolboy who “didn’t want his mate to play with anyone else”.
Trump was like a ‘jealous child in the playground’ after seeing King Charles with Zelensky, an expert claimed[/caption]
The Monarch gave President Zelensky a warm welcome at Sandringham earlier this month[/caption]
Royal expert Sarah Hewson described the gesture as a ‘metaphorical arm around Ukraine’[/caption]
It comes after the Monarch, 76, welcomed the Ukraine leader, 47, to Sandringham after his “bruising” Oval Office meeting.
King Charles was photographed shaking Zelensky’s hand on the front steps earlier this month.
Their meeting unfolded only days after Trump accepted an invite from the King for an “unprecedented” second State Visit with the US President hailing Charles as a “wonderful man”.
However, with growing trans-Atlantic diplomatic tensions the royal experts believe Trump was “irritated” by the King’s gesture towards Zelensky.
The Sun’s legendary royal photographer Arthur Edwards told our Royal Editor Matt Wilkinson: “He’s spent a lot of time with President Zelensky and I’d love to know what they talked about. I know the King would have been totally on his side.
“He’s an amazing man the King, and Trudeau made this amazing speech about Donald Trump and I think the King would have probably agreed with him.
“I think the King having Zelensky and Trudeau was a master show and letting everybody know that this country supports those people.”
Ms Hewson added: “But one that apparently irritated Donald Trump who was feeling a little less special about his invitation after seeing the photographs of President Zelensky at Sandringham.
“Kind of like that jealous child in the playground not wanting his mate to play with anyone else.
“That was very much a gesture, a metaphorical arm around Ukraine really after that very bruising encounter in the Oval Office.”
The Royal expert also touched on how King Charles has been corralled into “an awful lot of international diplomacy” in recent weeks while “treading a fine line between interests”.
The Monarch, who is also Head of State in Canada, has sent his invitation to Trump, met with Zelensky and also the outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
“He’s having to tread a fine line between the interests of the United Kingdom, as Head of State, wanting to sure up ties with the United States, the interests of Canada – of which he is also Head of State – Canada of course facing threats of Donald Trump wanting to make it the 51st state,” explained Ms Hewson.
Will Canada ever really become the 51st state?
Trump has repeatedly made claims in real life and online that Canada could become the “51st U.S. state”, creating greater hostility from Canadians towards him.
The President took a jab at the former Canadian leader Justin Trudeau in December, in a social media post where he called him the “governor” of the “Great State of Canada”.
According to The New York Times, in a call between Trudeau and Trump, the Don said he “did not believe that the treaty that demarcates the border between the two countries was valid”, and that he wanted to “revise” the boundary.
The border treaty was established in 1908 and confirmed the international border between Canada, then a British dominion, and the United States.
In the call, Trump also mentioned revisiting the sharing of lakes and rivers between the two countries – a subject he has brought up before in the past.
Before Trump’s inauguration, the President claimed that we planned to use “economic force” to bring Canada “to its knees”.
The Financial Times reported that White House discussions have taken place about removing Canada from the crucial intelligence alliance Five Eyes, which also includes the UK, Australia and New Zealand.
Canada’s soon to be Prime Minister Mark Carney has used this growing resentment of Trump’s statements about Canada to rally his country together.
“We’ve got Australia, another common wealth country considering whether it should become part of a coalition of the willing to help Ukraine and so I think that was at the forefront of the King’s mind in his message on common wealth day.”
Experts have also debated whether the Princess of Wales was making a political statement with her bright red outfit at Westminster Abbey on Monday.
This comes amid the Trump’s brewing trade war with Canada.
POTUS 47 has threatened his North American neighbours with an historic financial punishment for threatening to impose 25% tariffs on electricity in three US states.
He also tripled down on his obsession with making Canada part of the US – saying such a notion would guarantee tariffs disappear completely.
The threat of tariffs on Canada has also squeezed them closer to the EU who are also falling victim to the same threats.
The EU was threatened with 200 per cent tariffs, as a “retaliation” for the bloc imposing “nasty” 50 per cent tariffs on American Whiskey.
Angry Trump responded on his app Truth Social: “The European Union, one of the most hostile and abusive taxing and tariffing authorities in the World, which was formed for the sole purpose of taking advantage of the United States, has just put a nasty 50% Tariff on Whisky.
“If this Tariff is not removed immediately, the U.S. will shortly place a 200% Tariff on all WINES, CHAMPAGNES, & ALCOHOLIC PRODUCTS COMING OUT OF FRANCE AND OTHER E.U. REPRESENTED COUNTRIES.”
He added: “This will be great for the Wine and Champagne businesses in the U.S.”
Canada has a free-trade agreement with the EU already, which is its second-largest export destination after the United States.
During his acceptance speech, former Bank of England governor and Prime Minister-to-be Mark Carney chose to rally his population together against President Donald Trump’s policies.
The 59-year-old defiantly said: “Donald Trump thinks he can weaken us with his plan to divide and conquer.
“Pierre Poilievre will leave us divided and ready to be conquered because a person who worships at the altar of Donald Trump will kneel before him, not stand up to him.”
Why has Trump hit China, Canada, and Mexico with tariffs?
DONALD Trump has imposed a 25% tariff on Chinese imports to the US and has threatened 50% tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. But, why did he propose the levies?
China:
- Trump believes China has not done enough to stop the production of chemicals used to make the drug fentanyl.
- China has slammed Trump for the claim and described fentanyl as America’s problem.
- The country also said the tariffs are a “serious violation” of the World Trade Organization rules.
- China is therefore filing a lawsuit with the WTO against the US for “wrongful practice”.
- China serves as a major supplier of auto parts to the US.
- Phones and computers along with other key electronic devices were also in the top imports from China last year, according to Commerce Department Data.
- In 2023, the US imported around $427 billion worth of products from China in total, according to the US Census Bureau.
- Data reveals that 78% of all smartphones imported from the US came from China.
- Trump’s tariff threat has sparked fears of price rises for fashion items and toys.
- Beijing has responded by outlining its own tariffs on American goods, sparking fears of an all-out trade war between the two powerhouses.
Canada:
- Trump doubled his initial 25% tariff proposal on Canadian steel and aluminum after Ontario Premier Doug Ford countered by charging 25% more for the electricity his province provides to about 1.5 million Americans in Minnesota, New York, and Michigan.
- The president said the new 50% levies on Canadian steel and aluminum will take effect on the morning of March 12.
- Ford, on the other hand, instructed Ontario’s Independent Electricity System to implement a $7-per-megawatt-per-hour fee on all power exports to the three US states.
- The Ontario premier warned that he “will not hesitate to increase” the levies or completely shut off power to the three US northeastern states.
- Trump ignited a trade war with Canada and Mexico during his first days in office as part of a campaign promise to stop the flow of fentanyl and illegal immigrants into the United States.
- He said both countries had not done enough to halt the drug flow and the mass influx of migrants from reaching US soil.
Mexico:
- Mexico has managed to twice postpone Trump’s tariffs on Mexican goods.
- On February 1, Trump signed an executive order to impose tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China.
- But, on February 3, Trump agreed to pause the levies against Canada and Mexico after the countries took steps to appease Trump’s concerns on border security and drug trafficking.
- On March 4, Trump’s 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports go into effect.
- But, on March 6, the president postponed the 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and some from Canada for a month.
- Trump credited Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s progress on border security and drug smuggling as a reason for the pause on the levies.
- Still, Trump has maintained that on April 2 the US will begin imposing reciprocal tariffs on all its trading partners, including Mexico.
King Charles and Queen Camilla are greeted outside Westminster Abbey on Monday[/caption]
The Monarch welcomed the Ukraine leader to Sandringham after his ‘bruising’ Oval Office meeting with Trump[/caption]
