Donald Trump has long been a fan of the British Royal Family, having expressed his admiration for Queen Elizabeth, King Charles and Prince William over the years. The U.S. president has met The King on a number of occasions in the past two decades and has been personally invited by the monarch to return for a state visit to the U.

British tabloids reported that Trump's second state visit will include a "secret offer" from the King President Donald Trump made a surprising comment about joining the British Commonwealth nearly 250 years after the United States declared its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1776.

President Donald Trump’s has responded to a report that King Charles III is preparing to extend an offer for the U.S. to become an “associate member” of the Commonwealth. Posting on his social network Truth Social earlier today,