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After the couple’s rift with the British royal family, Donald Trump has not held a favourable view of their new life in California’s Montecito. His second term coincides with Prince Harry’s precarious visa battle
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are not exactly quiet about their dislike of President-elect Donald Trump, and have been his vocal critics. (Image: Reuters/File)
President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House could possibly be a thorn in the side for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, when it comes to their living situation in the US.
After the couple’s rift with the British royal family, Trump has not held a favourable view of their new life in California’s Montecito. And now that his second term coincides with Harry’s visa battle, it may get further complicated.
According to a report published by The Independent, Trump has previously weighed in on Harry’s US visa application that came under scrutiny after he admitted to drug use. In his tell-all memoir Spare, the royal has written about using cocaine, smoking marijuana and experimenting with magic mushrooms in his teenage years.
The report says Trump has criticised the Biden administration as being “too gracious” to Harry since he moved to the US with Meghan in 2020. “I wouldn’t protect him. He betrayed the Queen. That’s unforgivable. He would be on his own if it was down to me,” he told the Daily Express.
Conservatives have questioned why the Duke of Sussex was allowed into the US in 2020, even as a judge ruled that his visa application should remain private as “the public does not have a strong interest in disclosure of the duke’s immigration records”.
Even Trump’s son, Eric Trump, lashed out at Harry and Meghan with a week left for the election on November 5. He questioned the former’s right to stay in the US and said his visa is safe because “no one cares”.
He told the Daily Mail: “Truthfully I don’t give a damn about Prince Harry and I don’t think this country does either,” suggesting that Harry had “gone off the deep end and it’s sad to watch”. “I don’t give a damn if he did drugs. It means nothing,” he was further quoted.
Now, the duke and the duchess are not exactly quiet about their dislike of Trump, and have been his vocal critics. In fact, Meghan – when he first became president in 2016 – said on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore that he was “divisive” and “misogynistic”.
The Independent report said the former president has had conflicting views of her over the years, ultimately deciding that he is “not a fan”. Three years after her comments, he said he did not know she was “nasty”, ahead of his UK state visit.
He then backtracked on this and told Piers Morgan in an interview that he thought she was “very nice”. But, in 2020, when Meghan urged Americans to vote for Biden, he said: “I’m not a fan of hers. I wish a lot of luck to Harry, he’s going to need it.”
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