Donald Trump is preparing to confront King Charles over British sovereignty of the Falkland Islands when the monarch visits Washington on Monday, according to a leaked Pentagon memo that suggests the US president wants to embarrass the king as payback for the UK's recent foreign policy stance.
The memo, reported by The Daily Beast, sets out how Donald Trump allegedly intends to use the visit to challenge whether King Charles should control the Falkland Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic claimed by Argentina. The reported plan follows Prime Minister Keir Starmer's refusal to support a US‑led blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane near Iran, a move that appears to have irritated the White House and prompted a search for leverage.
