Opinion | Beneath the British Monarchy’s Polite Smiles Is a Layer of Steel

‘Charles was an author of a book called “Harmony: A New Way of Looking at Our World.” Three years earlier, Mr. Trump wrote one called “Think Big and Kick Ass: In Business and in Life.”’ Craig Brown in the NYT. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o...

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King Charles gave a brilliant speech to Congress yesterday. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o...

Appreciate the shout-out by wonderful royalist Craig Brown in his @nytimes.com op-ed to my new book, “The Queen and Her Presidents.” The issue: Was Donald Trump really Elizabeth II’s favorite president? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o...

Beneath the British Monarchy’s Polite Smiles Is a Layer of Steel www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/o...

The article misses the deepest difference: the monarchy's power comes from uniting. Trump's comes from hatred and division. One is trying to hold something together. The other has made tearing apart a governing strategy Explore this gift article