US President Donald Trump stated during a White House state dinner in honor of King Charles III and Camilla that the British monarch agrees Iran should not be allowed to possess nuclear weapons. These remarks were made after the two leaders held bilateral talks earlier that day.
President Trump also asserted that Iran had been militarily defeated. In a social media post, he warned that Iran better get smart soon and sign a non-nuclear deal, accompanying the text with an image of himself wearing sunglasses and carrying a gun against a backdrop of bombed Middle Eastern towns and villages with the caption No more Mr Nice Guy.
The president further suggested that the monarch would have taken a different approach from that of Sir Keir Starmer. Despite these claims, King Charles did not speak about Iran or the war in his own comments. Such statements are likely to cause embarrassment for aides of the monarch, who usually remains neutral.