Donald Trump Suggests US Could Join British Commonwealth
Source: Newsweek
President Donald Trump suggested that the United States could join the British Commonwealth on Friday in a post to Truth Social, his social media platform.
The president shared an article from British tabloid The Sun reporting that King Charles III was making a "secret offer" to the White House, and that plans are in process for the U.S. to become an associate member of the international organization.
"I Love King Charles. Sounds good to me!" Trump wrote in response to the report.
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-suggests-us-could-join-british-commonwealth-2048679
wcmagumba
(5,670 posts)Blue_playwright
(1,613 posts)TomSlick
(12,881 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)groundloop
(13,573 posts)Prof. Toru Tanaka
(2,904 posts)My parents had a Newsweek subscription back in the 1970s.
wcmagumba
(5,670 posts)Time and US News and World Report (even at that time we kids called it Useless New and World Distort)...
nilram
(3,473 posts)They've got quite a lot of dreck.
LudwigPastorius
(14,215 posts)...because this is just so insane...that is the only possible explanation.
John1956PA
(4,850 posts)Initech
(107,509 posts)Initech
(107,509 posts)That was the day America died and reality ceased to exist. Everything else is just part of the clown show now.
Swede
(38,415 posts)
raccoon
(32,221 posts)Irish_Dem
(79,950 posts)steelyboo
(802 posts)Easterncedar
(5,556 posts)Canada seems mostly better than we are now in a lot of ways. Pea meal bacon, for one.
LudwigPastorius
(14,215 posts)A) He thinks that "Commonwealth" means he gets money from the UK if we join.
Or B) He thinks that if the U.S. becomes a member, he's got a shot at becoming the King some day.
odins folly
(550 posts)Seems the most likely reason.
Although, dumb fuck that he is, "common wealth" may be what his syphalitic mind hears and he thinks HE will get a cut of the Kings ransom.
Or both...
flamingdem
(40,797 posts)Good one
Botany
(76,439 posts)
maxsolomon
(38,215 posts)
Let's all ask "how high" when President Narcissistic Troll says jump.
Fuck this spectacle. The dumbest spectacle ever.
sinkingfeeling
(57,268 posts)Justice matters.
(9,432 posts)... with a ugly picture of himself wearing a gold-color crown on top of his hair furhair... so yes, it was all for nothing now.
And ruling by fiat with crazy, destructive executive orders and taking the side of cruelly decaying Russia over NATO allies... because effin Vladimir Putin tells "good things about him" to him over the phone...
What more proof is needed to conclude the Revolution was for nothing?
Aristus
(71,686 posts)He's talking about submitting to the British Crown. Which, if you had stayed awake in school, you would have known that declaring independence from the British Crown is why the United States even exists.
Come on, let's hear it, all you "patriots"...
Paladin
(32,312 posts)Never mind trump and his stormtrooper followers---just think of the outrage of the rightwing-pimp opinion scribblers at the NY Times...
Initech
(107,509 posts)I admit I did not have "Make America British Again" on my 2025 MAGA Bingo card. WTF!!!!
Qutzupalotl
(15,668 posts)But you know how this happened. Trump doesn't know what a commonwealth is, but it sounds to him as though England wants to share its money with us. Add a little flattery, and he's on board.
steelyboo
(802 posts)"I'll usurp Chuck and be a REAL king!" . . . Ok, I am being over the top, no way that dumb fuck knows what "usurp' means.
Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)https://nypost.com 2025 03 21 us-news trump-accuses-federal-judge-of-trying-to-usurp-his-presidential-power-amid-legal-fight-over-deportation-flights
Trump accuses federal judge of trying to 'usurp' his presidential power ...
Today"Judge James Boasberg is doing everything in his power to usurp the Power of the Presidency," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. 3.
Blue_playwright
(1,613 posts)And there is no way he would step on parliment's toes to offer someone who is literally destroying another democracy a membership in the Commonwealth. Trump has zero clue what the Commonwealth is, how as the Empire slowed and countries left it, Queen Elizabeth II pulled together a Commonwealth of nations. He wouldn't understand why any countries would band together for the good of each other. He's a moron.
Catch is, King Charles doesn't get involved (usually unless it involves green initiatives or preserving history) in politics. And Trump has such a poor reputation in the UK and the Commonwealth - there's no way he'd risk it. It's bad enough that his brother is also an Epstein pedo, leaping on his legacy.
Anyway, I'm sorry for the little rant. But, it makes me so extra furious when that orange POS acts like the Queen knighted him "in secret" and like he's besties with Charles. Charles has a lot of flaws but he's an intellectual and academic. I'm sure he hates the bloviator.
hlthe2b
(112,868 posts)DFW
(59,753 posts)Trump will try to get Nambia to sponsor U.S. membership in the OAU. Mimi néjué Kiswahili kidogo!
He'll get Stefanik to seek out the Nambian delegation to the UN first thing next week!
dweller
(27,877 posts)The offal office already ?
Taking down the Declaration of Independence?
✌🏻
Deep State Witch
(12,588 posts)There's only room for one king in the Commonwealth, and it's not the Orange Turd.
mackdaddy
(1,946 posts)Maybe they would even change the name for him...
ms liberty
(10,987 posts)Andy Canuck
(315 posts)fight a war about this already? I remember hearing it was an important fight.
Aristus
(71,686 posts)He's probably foggy on what he had for breakfast by the time dinner rolls around. And for him, yesterday is ancient history.
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(2,904 posts)Andy Canuck
(315 posts)and the second one Britain (Canada) set the White House on fire.
On behalf of Canada, we're sorry about that.
electric_blue68
(25,986 posts)Even though the bastard won...since?30% didn't vote, and yet according various polls almost 70%, sometimes more hate drumphf's policies....
How do we calculate the disaprovalment of him?!
orangecrush
(28,567 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(175,191 posts)trump wants to be king and will not accept anyone else with that title
Justice matters.
(9,432 posts)Total Dementia Syndrome.
tanyev
(48,687 posts)sinkingfeeling
(57,268 posts)rzemanfl
(31,151 posts)AZLD4Candidate
(6,734 posts)WTF is wrong with this country?
IronLionZion
(50,839 posts)dude has dementia
CentralMass
(16,864 posts)enid602
(9,617 posts)Looks like the Brits would do anything to be in a trade group again. They shouldnt have gotten rid of the perfectly good one they had. Trump should take note.
Turbineguy
(39,854 posts)global1
(26,415 posts)flamingdem
(40,797 posts)Sounds better than where we're heading. Tally Ho!
Biophilic
(6,409 posts)PatrickforB
(15,348 posts)harun
(11,380 posts)AwakeAtLast
(14,315 posts)Of course!
Ray Bruns
(5,991 posts)GreenWave
(12,371 posts)DavidDvorkin
(20,498 posts)It began as an organiation in the mind-20th century. It can also be seen as beginning, in effect if not formally, when Canada became a dominion in 1867.
DavidDvorkin
(20,498 posts)mwooldri
(10,788 posts)From https://thecommonwealth.org/about/joining ...
an applicant country must demonstrate commitment to: democracy and democratic processes, including free and fair elections and representative legislatures; the rule of law and independence of the judiciary; good governance, including a well-trained public service and transparent public accounts; and protection of human rights, freedom of expression, and equality of opportunity
So given the present Trump "Administration", does the US qualify to join the Commonwealth of Nations?
Diamond_Dog
(39,808 posts)This idiot is BONKERS! CRACKERS! INSANE!
Srkdqltr
(9,390 posts)He is the mascot. This is beyond stupid.
SSJVegeta
(2,354 posts)Martin68
(27,097 posts)jmowreader
(52,910 posts)Last I checked the United States fought two wars to NOT be in the British Commonwealth!
But can you imagine if we were? The first damn thing the King would do after taking over the US is set up a British-style National Health System here in America, and Trump would lose his fucking mind.
ramapo
(4,772 posts)I believe such an offer is outside of King Charles job description.
travelingthrulife
(4,463 posts)world leaders must be like. What kind of monstrous ideas does he spew?
malthaussen
(18,414 posts)snot
(11,528 posts).
SorellaLaBefana
(484 posts)Yep, a lame and unoriginal paronomasia

tho true
Rebl2
(17,422 posts)doubt there is some sort of secret offer.
malaise
(292,973 posts)That means no invasion or annexation of Canada. Did anyone tell,him?
Renew Deal
(84,709 posts)malaise
(292,973 posts)The rule apparently never applied to the Brits
alarimer
(17,146 posts)He thinks he IS the king. He would like to install himself as monarch of the whole thing.
LiberalArkie
(19,334 posts)education, HEALTH & WELFARE, etc
iemanja
(57,429 posts)That would throw a wrench into his plans to be a dictator.