Donald Trump Refers to Prince Charles as “The Prince of Whales”

BY Todd Neikirk June 13, 2019

Donald Trump is back in the states after a relatively successful early June trip the to United Kingdom. The President, who may or may not have encountered protests, met with many member of the Royal Family.

Photo by Liam McBurney – Pool/Getty Images

One member of the Royal Family Trump met with was Prince Charles. While discussing the foreign leaders that he generally meets with, the President mistakenly referred to Charles as, “The Prince of Whales.”

In the now deleted tweet, Trump wrote, “I meet and talk to “foreign governments” every day. I just met with the Queen of England (U.K.), the Prince of Whales, the P.M. of the United Kingdom, the P.M. of Ireland, the President of France and the President of Poland. We talked about “Everything!” Should I immediatelycall the FBI about these calls and meetings? How ridiculous! I would never be trusted again. With that being said, my full answer is rarely played by the Fake News Media. They purposely leave out the part that matters.”

The Prince of Wails just met with the Prince of Whales. pic.twitter.com/Wm5Kab4oof

— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) June 13, 2019

Twitter was quick to capitalize on the President’s error before his team was able to delete it. Brian Klass wrote, “Good grief. The Prince of “Whales.” Narwhal, Beluga, or Humpback? Trump is an international embarrassment. This is going to be headline news in the UK, and he will be (rightly) ruthlessly mocked for it.”

Rick Wilson replied with a picture from the show Sealab 2020, noting, “White House Staff preparing to meet with the Prince of Whales.”

The gaffe is sure to embarrass and bother Trump for the remainder of the day.