The Commander-in-Chief made a speech during the dinner praising King Charles III and Prince William, who were both present.
“I just want to say that His Majesty has also raised a remarkable son in His Royal Highness, Prince of Wales. Really amazing,” Trump said, making no mention of the Duke of Sussex.
The “delighted” 79-year-old noted that he and wife Melania Trump have “gotten to know” William, 43, since arriving in England.
“I think you’re going to have an unbelievable success in the future,” the “Apprentice” alum continued, going on to call William’s wife, Kate Middleton, “so radiant and so healthy [and] so beautiful.”
The politician also raved over Charles, 76, as someone who has helped wounded veterans “like nobody else.”
Harry, notably, has greatly assisted this group by founding the Invictus Games in 2014, a sporting competition for wounded, injured and sick military personnel.
While in Ukraine last week, Harry met with wounded veterans and spoke about doing “everything possible” to help them.
Donald, who also credited Charles with “uplift[ing] the poor [and] car[ing] for rural farmers” in his speech, has dissed Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, in the past.
In March 2020, the “Apprentice” alum insisted the United States would not pay for the couple’s security when they moved across the pond to California — despite them having no “plan” to ask and making “private arrangements.”
He told Piers Morgan two years later that Harry was “whipped like no person he has ever seen.”
When back in office in 2024, Donald suggested the former military pilot could be deported over the drug usage mentioned in his “Spare” memoir.
“If he lied [on his application], they’ll have to take appropriate action,” he told GB News last year, saying “special privileges” would not be granted.
However, Donald walked this back in February.
“I’ll leave him alone,” he said earlier this year. “He’s got enough problems with his wife. She’s terrible. … I think poor Harry is being led around by the nose.”
His son Eric Trump has also made headlines for comments about the ex-royals, who are the parents of Prince Archie, 6, and Princess Lilibet, 4.
“I don’t give a damn about Prince Harry and I don’t think this country does either,” the 41-year-old quipped to the Daily Mail in October 2024, referring to them as “spoiled apples” the previous month.
Markle, in turn, was critical of Donald before joining the royal family and blasted him in a 2016 “The Nightly Show With Larry Winmore” interview.
“Trump has made it easy to see that you don’t really want that kind of world that he’s painting,” the “Suits” alum, 44, said of the “divisive” and “misogynistic” then-candidate.
She addressed the comments on “The Circuit” in August, clarifying, “I was excited to be on the show. I think if there’s anything that I wanted to say or that felt necessary to say, then I would say it, but that’s not where I’m at right now. I haven’t said anything since 2016. That was well before I met my husband.”
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