Furious King Charles and Donald Trump clash erupts on LBC

LBC host James O’Brien and a caller got into a heated debate about how Donald Trump will treat King Charles III during his visit to the United States. During his show today, the pair clashed about King Charles and Queen Camilla visiting Trump this week to mark the 250th anniversary of US independence.

After they touched down in Washington, D.C., O’Brien said: “If you think back to Volodymr Zelensky’s visit and the orchestrated attempted humiliation of a man who is fighting against Vladimir Putin. This is what I mean, David, by there being no depth that he would not plumb.” He was referring to Zelensky’s extraordinary dressing-down in front of the world’s media after Trump and Vice President JD Vance demanded that he show more gratitude to the US for its support.

However, the caller, who believes the visit will be very different from the one with Ukraine’s leader, said: “It’s completely different. The likelihood of him [Trump] behaving towards the King as he did with Zelensky is absolutely minimal.”

The LBC star replied: “So to whom do you think he has behaved respectfully and appropriately in his term as president?”

The caller said her point was that the King “is far more neutral” and is not doing the visit because he is the “head of a government”.

When O’Brien repeated his question about Trump, he was left stuttering and eventually said: “He’s not a political figure, he’s not like other leaders, James. You just can’t make the comparison.”

The guest branded his question “irrelevant” after asking it a third time.

He fumed: “You’re trying to frame the argument to make your point.” However, the radio host slapped back: “I’m not, I’m just asking you a friendly question. He’s met other heads of state, and he’s insulted them. So why would our King be different?”

As he laughed in disbelief, the caller claimed: “Because the King is a different kind of position than the other people. Trump knows the King has been forced to go there and represent the British government.

“There is no reason he is going to be aggressive towards the King.”