UPDATE, June 2, 3:00 P.M.: In a tweet on Sunday morning, President Donald Trump denied reports that he called Meghan Markle "nasty" during an interview with The Sun. He published the tweet despite the fact that The Sun posted an audio recording of him making the remarks on its website.
"I never called Meghan Markle 'nasty.' Made up by the Fake News Media, and they got caught cold! Will @CNN @nytimes and others apologize? Doubt it!" he wrote on the social media platform.
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Original Story:
President Donald Trump is set to visit the United Kingdom, Ireland, and France next week, and in advance of his Monday arrival in London, he sat down with British tabloid The Sun for a wide-ranging chat—including his thoughts on Meghan Markle.
During the interview, Trump spoke to The Sun about his upcoming visit on Monday to Buckingham Palace. Although he'll meet again with Queen Elizabeth II—and multiple other members of the royal family during scheduled events like lunch with Prince Harry—Markle reportedly won't be joining.
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Of course, Markle's still officially on her maternity leave. However, in 2016, before she became a royal, she also spoke out about her dislike for Trump and his politics, calling him "misogynistic" and "divisive."
During his latest interview with The Sun, the reporter told Trump about what Markle said in her old interview. According to the tabloid, Trump replied, "I didn’t know that. What can I say? I didn’t know that she was nasty."
Trump also said he thought she would be "very good" in her role in the royal family. However, he apparently wasn't aware he wouldn't be meeting her next week until his interviewer told him. The President mentioned too that he'd be bringing Ivanka, Eric, Donald Junior, and Tiffany with him because he wants them to hold a "next-generation" meeting with Prince William and Prince Harry.
Trump also spoke about meeting the queen again, after a 2018 visit in which he reportedly broke royal protocol not just once but a few times (he kept her waiting for 15 minutes and walked in front of her after forgetting to bow to her). "It will be great seeing the queen for the second time," he said. "We had a very good talk the first one. We had a lot of interesting things to say. It really was a great visit. My mother also loved the queen.”
