After a year-long argument between the US leader and the Sussexes, Meghan Markle has since been asked about President Donald Trump’s rampage against America.
Meghan Markle has refused to speak out on President Donald Trump’s latest actions, after a years-long war of words between the US leader and the Sussexes.
In an interview on The Circuit YouTube show, host Emily Chang quizzed Meghan, who comes from Los Angeles, about the recent riots between locals and ICE agents, after tough immigration laws came into effect.
Chang recalled Meghan’s interview on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore in 2016, when the Duchess was still working as an actress before she met Prince Harry, and spoke about her “choice words” she had for Trump at the time.
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During the 2016 interview, Meghan called Trump “divisive and misogynistic”, before she explained: “You don’t really want that kind of world.” Emily asked Meghan about the comments, saying: “Are there things you’re dying to say or do right now but you feel like you can’t?”
Meghan responded, “No, I just make a choice based on what I care about and what I care about.” And certainly at a different time in 2016, that year. I believe I would say something if I felt the need to do it, but that’s not where I am at at the moment. Since 2016, which is before I met my husband, I haven’t said anything [political].”
The podcast host continued to push as she continued, “We are living in such a heated time, and it seems like no one is speaking up, because it’s scary to speak up.” What do you think the country is taking now?
Meghan conceded and responded, “I believe the world is currently in a really interesting time.” I just hope that people will be able to keep the values that they consider most important, feel secure, and remember that through it all, we are human.
You simply go back to the fact that we are all human beings and try to connect rather than divide, no matter how divided the world may feel.
The war of words between President Trump and the Sussexes has been going on for several years. When Harry and Meghan moved from Canada to California in 2020 after they fled the UK, there was mounting speculation over who would foot the bill for their private security.
Trump was adamant it would not be the US government. He tweeted in March 2020: “I am a great friend and admirer of the Queen & the United Kingdom. It was reported that Harry and Meghan, who left the Kingdom, would reside permanently in Canada. Now they have left Canada for the U.S. however, the U.S. will not pay for their security protection. They must pay!” It was later clarified that the couple had no intention of asking for security from the government and would foot the bill themselves.
At the conclusion of his first term in office, Trump and Joe Biden squared off in front of a potential reelection challenge. The Sussexes pleaded with Americans to “vote against hate speech” in a video released during the campaign.
Some people claimed it was a violation of the Sandringham Summit agreement, which was written up when the couple left their royal duties in 2020, but the remarks were interpreted as referring to Trump and as an endorsement of Biden. Later, Trump stated that he was “no fan” of Meghan and that he would be grateful for it.
Harry has recently been at the center of a dispute over his visa, which allows him to live in California. A lawsuit brought by the conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation claimed that the US government should release information about the Duke’s US visa application to determine whether his drug use was disclosed after he admitted using marijuana, cocaine, and psychedelic mushrooms in his divisive memoir Spare.
Trump criticized the Biden administration for keeping Harry’s immigration application private in order to “protect Harry” before a decision was reached in the case.
Days later Trump was also challenged on Harry during an interview with Nigel Farage on GB News. Farage asked if there would be any “special privileges” for the prince, and the Republican candidate said: “No. We’ll have to see if they know something about the drugs, and if he lied they’ll have to take appropriate action.”
Trump, however, stated in February that he would not be pursuing Harry because he had “enough problems with his wife” and called her terrible.
In the last few weeks, Trump spoke out about the Royal Family on a trip to Scotland,, with King Charles set to host him on a state visit in the coming weeks.
He added, “Being with Charles, Camilla, and everyone in between, I’ve got to know a lot of the family.” They are excellent individuals. They are incredibly talented people.
He continued, “And in that regard, I think the UK is very lucky, you could have people who weren’t great people.” You might have people who weren’t there, but I’m not sure if I can say that. And some people on social media saw his words as “calling out” Harry and Meghan.
Source: Mirror
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