President Donald Trump gave a toast on Wednesday evening prior to the state dinner with King Charles III in Windsor Castle in which he defended the “special relationship” of the US and the UK.
“His Majesty spoke well about the band that inspired Sir Winston Churchill – the bust is now in the Oval Office – the beautiful bust of Winston Churchill, for the expression ‘special relationship’, but seen from American eyes, the word ‘special’ does not start doing it,” Trump said. “We are accompanied by history and destiny, by love and language and by transcendent ties of culture, tradition, ancestor and destination.”
US President Donald Trump (C) gives a speech while the British king Charles III on a state banquet in Windsor Castle, in Windsor, looks in Windsor on September 17, 2025. (Yui Mok/Pool/AFP via Getty images)
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Trump joined King Charles and other members of the royal family, together with First Lady Melania Trump, in Windsor Castle for the unprecedented second state visit on Wednesday morning.
Royal events usually shy away from having partisely problems, since the family avoids public comments and remains neutral about hot-button problems – A practice that Trump occasionally broken.
But the toast of the president seemed to remain neutral, even when he hit a matter that has arranged some feathers in the US and the UK in recent months – freedom of expression.
US President Donald Trump Roost on the Great Britain, Princess of Wales during a state banquet in Windsor Castle, in Windsor, on September 17, 2025. (Yui Mok/Pool/AFP via Getty images)
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“The British Empire laid the foundations of the law, freedom, freedom of expression and individual rights almost everywhere where the Union Jack once flew, including a place called America,” he said, in a message that could increase eyebrows as the British government competitions with regard to problems with the free government.
UK Online Security Laws are a matter of dispute and heated political Jabs, not only in Great -Britain, but among the best American leaders such as Vice President JD Vance, who was not present at the State Visit on Wednesday.
US President Donald Trump and the British king Charles III attend a state banquet in Windsor Castle, in Windsor, on September 17, 2025. (Yui Mok/Pool/AFP via Getty images)
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Other free expression criticism have arisen in the UK with regard to abortion laws, online comments and what some, such as the right-wing reform of British leader Nigel Farage, call a “authoritarian” performance related to laws that can be seen in places like North Korea.
