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April 29, 2026

Trump and King Charles give very different speeches in Washington
DC, Trump’s speech portrays the US as no longer a nation based on
Enlightenment principles, Trump suggests that the Atlantic
Charter was an affirmation of a shared gene pool between the US
and the UK, In his speech to a joint session of Congress,
King Charles describes the US as having been founded on the
revolutionary idea of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness, King Charles aligned these ideas with the ideals of
English Common Law and the Magna Carta, He also calls for resolve
to help the people of Ukraine fight off the Russians, King
Charles urges the US to join the UK in rededicating themselves to
service of their people and the peoples of the world. Trump seems
to miss the point of King Charles’s speech.

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