Donald Trump has worn many hats: businessman, president, golf-course hype man, but at Windsor Castle this week, our lip reader revealed his brand new role as Prince William’s number one fan.
Yes, the man who usually greets world leaders with a scowl and a handshake that could crack knuckles turned into a giddy fangirl the second his eyes landed on the Prince of Wales. And thanks to lip reading, we now know exactly what spilled from his mouth.
First came the warm-up act with King Charles. Trump, gesturing toward William like a proud dad at sports day, declared:
“He’s like you, somebody who can open up all the global connections and make things happen. I’ll say he’s a good man and if you want something he’s a good guy.”
Which is diplomatic code for: Your son is basically LinkedIn in a bespoke suit.
But then he turned directly to William and blurted out the kind of line you’d expect in a rom-com makeover montage:
“You look fantastic.”
You could almost hear the Bridgerton strings swelling in the background.
It didn’t stop there. Trump has been positively thirsty for William before. Last year he described him as a ‘good-looking guy,’ telling the New York Post: “He looked really, very handsome last night. Some people look better in person. He looked great. He looked really nice, and I told him that.”
At this point, someone needs to tell Melania she’s got competition, and it’s not Stormy Daniels, it’s the future King of England.
Of course, serious business was happening too. Trade talks, defence deals, a flashy ‘Tech Prosperity Deal’ with Google and OpenAI. But let’s be real: history books won’t remember the tariffs. They’ll remember the moment Donald Trump got positively weak at the knees for Prince William at Windsor.
If Trump had whipped out a tiara and asked William to try it on ‘just for fun,’ would anyone have been surprised?
Lip reading can reveal secrets and scandals, and sometimes it just shows you that even ex-presidents can’t resist a royal glow-up.
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