Trump Says Americans Have 'No Closer Friends Than the British' as Ice Thaws During Royal Visit

President Donald Trump championed the “special relationship” between the U.K. and U.S. as he hosted King Charles III and Queen Camilla at a White House ceremony on Tuesday.“In the centuries since we won our independence, Americans have had no closer friends than the British,” said the President. “We share that same root, we speak the same language, we hold the same values, and together, our warriors have defended the same extraordinary civilization under twin banners of red, white, and blue.”Trump directed much of his praise to Charles, insisting that while some may find irony in his choice to begin celebrations tied to America's 250 years of independence by honoring a British King, “no tribute could be more appropriate.”“Before we ever proclaimed our independence, Americans carried…

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