'If it wasn't for us, you'd be speaking French', King and Trump joke at dinner

The King and the US president exchanged several jokes during their speeches at a state banquet. Copyright current_year BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. Copyright current_year BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. The King grins at Trump from the lectern as the president looks in his direction 'If it wasn't for us, you'd be speaking French', King and Trump joke at dinner Donald Trump praised King Charles III for getting the "Democrats to stand" during his congress address, as the pair exchanged jokes during their speeches at a state dinner on Tuesday. During the banquet on the second day of the King and Queen's state visit to the US, the King also made quips about the Middle East crisis, a naked Sir Winston Churchill in the White House, and Trump's "readjustments" to the White House. He also joked that "if it wasn't for us, you'd be speaking French", in reference to a battle between Britain and France to control North America in the eighteenth century. BBC's Regan Morris reports from outside the comedian's show on Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles. During the White House state dinner, the King gifted the US president a bell from his WW2 submarine namesake, 'HMS Trump'. It was the first time a sitting British monarch had addressed the chamber since Queen Elizabeth II in 1991. Correspondent Tom Bateman was in the dining room at the White House Correspondents' Dinner with President Trump and other officials when gunshots were heard. First Lady Melania Trump described the joke as "hateful and violent", with the White House urging ABC to fire the comedian. BBC reports from Washington DC, where Cole Tomas Allen was charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump. 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