EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump on Meghan Markle's ‘HORRIBLE influence’ over Prince Harry

Well, we're kicking off with a world-exclusive this morning. President Trump giving GB News another interview with Bev Turner, putting a range of questions to the leader of the free world. Bev, what can we expect? Morning guys. It's one o'clock in the morning here in Washington DC. I sat down with the president this afternoon. It was the end of the day and he sat down in his chair and he looked tired. He'd had a very long day. He'd spent some time talking to the press pool in the Oval Office and at first I thought, oh, he's gonna give me, you know, five or ten minutes. He's got a busy day and he had a reception this evening as well at the White House. But we got into the conversation. As we know, he loves the UK. He loves talking about England. He loves talking about Scotland, particularly because his mother was born there, which he tells me every single time I talk to him. So we covered a whole host of issues. We talked about Andy Burnham as our new prime minister and he reflected a bit on who he is. Of course, we talked about energy. It's a big issue for President Trump that the fact that we're using wind turbines and potentially not drilling enough for oil and gas. We talked about migration because that is huge across Europe at the moment and we touched upon the Falklands as well. Lots of foreign policy issues over Iran and Ukraine and Russia. And of course, I couldn't have him there without asking him what he thought about Harry and Meghan going back to the UK. And this is what he told me. Everybody loved him in America. He's spoken for the Congress. Everybody loved him. He's a fantastic guy and he's been a friend of mine for a long time. I knew him as Prince Charles. I knew him as King Charles and he's amazing and he's fighting through a very tough situation with his health. And very few people would have that bravery to do what he's done. But I think that what she has done and him, you know, he wrote a book that was very terrible to William. It was terrible, the things he said. I wouldn't. I mean, it's just me. I'm sure I'm wrong on this, but I would not have taken him back. I wouldn't. I would have never spoken to him again. It's very strong messaging there from President Trump. I would never have spoken to him. And I did kind of go on to say, maybe he's a bit more forgiving than you are. And he did kind of joke. He said, well, maybe he's a better person than I am, but I wouldn't have forgiven them. So a very strong message from President Trump there about Harry and Meghan. But also we talked about some kind of more social issues. We talked about the AI revolution and what that will do for jobs in the future. His answer to that, I found pretty surprising. And we talked about young people who are not working or in education because we have a very similar problem in the UK as they do here in America. It's about 10 to 15 percent of the 16 to 24 year olds. Both of our countries are not doing anything of any use, any value. So he told me what he would do about that and what his mother would have done if he was behaving in that way. So we're going to play you little clips throughout the day here on GB News. And we'll show you the whole interview this evening at 7 p.m. UK time. Lovely. Bev, for now, thanks very much indeed. Well, joining us now in the studio is deputy editor of The Spectator, Freddie Gray, and vice chair of Democrats Abroad in the UK, George King. Very good morning to you both. George, can I start with you? Really interesting that what what Bev was saying about Harry and Meghan and President Trump, making it quite clear if it were him, he would never, ever forgive them. What do you make of that? Well, President Trump often speaks in extremes, so I think it's often difficult to take him at his at his word. Whatever he says is maybe embellished. It's maybe exaggerated is a sentiment was clear that he maybe he doesn't forgive grudges as easily as the king does. What do you I mean, although we're going to get little clips throughout the day here on GB News, exactly what he said about migration, exactly what he said about the Falkland Islands. So we haven't seen those yet. But it's the fact that he's what always strikes me is these are these are very some of them very British issues. Yes. He's never afraid to dive in and have his say. What does that tell us about his presidency? I think it probably tells us more about his personality than his presidency. He's the same person he's been. I was in New York. I was on Wall Street covering his industries, casino industries, airline industries. He's the same person he's always been. He's just sitting in a different chair. He's never been afraid to comment about things he maybe knows very little about. He's never been afraid to comment about things in extreme ways on the basis of very little information. So so often you get comments that are like, what the heck are you talking about? And those interventions, therefore, are limitless. Right. It's not just the scope of areas that he knows something about or has agency to be talking about, but it could be anything. Right. So I saw something somewhere around the world that I don't really understand, but I'm going to make this very strong statement about. So this is this is characteristic of his personality. Right. Using the Internet without a VPN, a virtual private network, is a bit like taking to the road without car insurance. All it takes is one unlucky moment to cost you a lot of cash. This video's sponsor is Private Internet Access. They are the VPN to help keep you safe. Click the link in the description below to find out why over 30 million people have downloaded PIA to protect themselves online. 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It's a big issue over there. Yeah, I think both of our countries have a lot of similar issues. We have similar issues around affordable housing. We have similar issues around affordability crisis. More broadly, we have similar issues around access to clean, cheap energy. We have a lot of similar issues, I think. Sadly, we tend to focus on the divisions. We tend to focus on the points of conflict. But I think there are there are quite a lot of us who are involved in both the US and the UK in one form or another, who realize that there's much more in common, both in terms of culture, heritage, rule of law, et cetera, and in terms of challenges. Freddie, what's your take on all of this? Because, I mean, as George was saying, he does. President Trump does get involved in in every issue. And whether he knows a great deal about it or not, the fact he comments does have a global impact. Well, that's why I mean, for journalists, Donald Trump is manna from heaven. He is the gift that keeps on giving. And certainly when it comes to something like the monarchy, you know, we're used to, particularly in Britain, we hear British commentators tend to be quite stiff about the monarchy. There's always a sort of official veil of of secrecy around it. And then Donald Trump is, you know, he's the most gossipy girl in the media playground. He'll just tell you exactly what he thinks. And journalists like me love it because it's always colourful. It's always interesting. And he also tends to say he has a he has a Donald Trump's genius in a way is his brilliant knack for saying what people think. And when it comes to Harry and Meghan, he's been unafraid to say what people think. He says he he admires the king so much and he admires William so much. And they're all really great friends, all the rest of it. But being saying what he then says about Harry, he's actually not doing the king any favours, is it? The king is trying to rebuild a relationship. Not necessarily. No. But I do think it's interesting the the connection between Donald Trump and the king. I mean, he does see himself in sort of increasingly monarchical terms. You know, he's got his face on the on passports now, his face on the new dollar coin. It is a different type of American president. I think it's fair to say. And I think when the king came to Washington, I was there at the time. It was I mean, it was very striking how important it was to him and Melania. This sort of regal presence, this idea of two nations together. And yet at the same time, the politics, the actual grubby international relations, the Trump administration has been very tough on Britain, particularly when it comes to foreign policy, in particular, as I'm sure we'll hear in your interview. Great scoop, by the way, for TV news on the Falklands, you know, the Falklands, which is an incredibly important neuralgic issue for Britain. And the Trump administration, Trump has been a little more cautious. But the Trump administration has been very clear that it will it may well refuse to recognise Britain's sovereignty over the Falklands because it supports Argentina in other matters, has this curiously close relationship with Argentina. And it is cross with Britain for its failure to be sufficiently supportive of the Iran war and on other fronts in terms of national security and international relations. Can you predict what he's going to say on the Falklands? I was going to make a slightly different comment. I have I have a theory. It's a working theory about what he was really saying. I think it may have been signalling to his own people, right? So to his own kids, to his own political leaders, et cetera, saying, you know, you cross me and and you're out for good. We have midterm elections coming up. The Republicans are facing a very, very stiff headwinds to retain control of the Congress in the House. We've seen defections from his staff. We've seen defections from this sort of political centre. Part of this may not have been actually about them, but about his own people saying, look, you crossed me and you're out. Is is that a sign of a strong leader or a paranoid leader? Well, I would suggest it's a sign of someone who's on the defensive, someone who's on the back foot, someone who's trying to stem the tide that's that's running against them to to remind people because he used to be in a position where no one would blink without fear of what he might say or think or do. They had to come and, you know, pay fealty to to get his favour, to get his endorsement and so forth. And and you can feel those political winds shifting. Those sands are shifting. And this this might have been more about that, Eric, because the strength of the statement seemed at odds with the actual situation. Would you agree with that assessment, Freddie? Yes. I mean, I think, you know, a few months ago in the Spectators US edition, we did this cover the end of Trumpism, which upset quite a lot of our readers. But I think it was a fairly bold and brave call of us. Obviously, I would say that. But I think it was the right call. I think it was looking like the right call, because, you know, Trump calls never underrated. He's particularly good throughout his career in business and politics. He's particularly good when he's backed in and he's in a real crisis. But the Iran war has been a disaster for his presidency. He cannot find a way to resolve it. It is having this effect on the American economy, which was going to be his big selling point coming into the midterms. He was going to say, you know, America, we're in a gilded age again. I'm bringing you this greatness that you've never seen before. He cannot successfully convey that message to the American people. The Democrats are having a great time, as I'm sure you know well, emphasising affordability, saying, you know, the cost of living, you're worse off under Trump than you were. Americans are feeling that certainly looks like the midterms may be a little bit more interesting than the current media sort of perception is. But it is looking like a blue wave is coming against Donald Trump. OK. And that's and that is, you know, that's going to recede. That's going to define the next two years of his presence. All right. Freddie Gray, George King. Thank you both very much indeed. See you later. Well, you don't want to miss Donald Trump, the interview. That's tonight from seven p.m. UK time right here on GB News, followed by a special show reviewing that world exclusive sit down. We want your thoughts and opinions as well, please. So do join in the conversation about this. 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