King Charles says US ‘lies at the heart of Nato’ in historic Congress speech after Trump’s threats to leave

NewsUKHome NewsKing Charles says US ‘lies at the heart of Nato’ in historic Congress speech after Trump’s threats to leaveUS president has repeatedly claimed other members of the alliance do not contribute enoughJane Dalton Tuesday 28 April 2026 21:05 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2966673","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/king-trump-speech-royal-visit-white-house-b2966673.html","title":"King says US ‘lies at the heart of Nato’ in rebuke to Trump’s threats to leave"}}CloseKing Charles says US ‘lies at the heart of Nato’ after Trump's repeated threats to leave allianceGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the worldSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_Headlines_Masterlist_CDP","regTitle":"Morning Headlines","subscriptionGroup":"morning_headlines","subscriptionGroupId":"d9194ae4-912a-47fb-8f79-f495b1e014c1","type":"morning_headlines","pathPrefix":["/news/uk","/news/uk/home-news"],"title":"Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world","mobileTitle":"Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/morningHeadlines1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveIndyHeadlinesNews","regSourceSection":"Home News","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"},"isClimate":false}The King has told US politicians their country lies at “the heart” of Nato...