Donald Trump appeared unusually 'timid' when he greeted King Charles in Washington on Monday, 27 April, with a body language expert claiming the US president's movements suggested he saw the monarch as the more important figure. The comments followed footage of Trump welcoming King Charles and Queen Camilla outside the White House at the start of the King's state visit to the United States.
The meeting on the South Lawn marked the public opening of a four day American tour for the King and Queen, including talks in Washington DC, a visit to New York's 9/11 memorial and community engagements in Virginia. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump hosted the royal couple at the White House before those engagements, in a carefully staged moment watched closely on both sides of the Atlantic.
