April 28, 2026
Charles on a Mission: Can King’s State Visit Salvage U.S.-UK Ties?
Call it the royal trump card: King Charles III has been dispatched to Washington on a state visit at the lowest point in the "special relationship" in at least seven decades. We ask Jim Townsend, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, if catering to Donald Trump's enthusiasm for the British crown can dispel the bad blood over tariffs, the war in Iran and repeated jibes by the U.S. president to make Canada the 51st state. Canada is of course a Commonwealth member whose head of state is the same Charles III who's invited to address Congress and feted at a state dinner.
Watch the full interview on France24.
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