President Donald Trump was criticized after he put his hatred of Meghan Markle on full display when the New York Postasked if he had any intention of making good on his promise to deport Prince Harry.
Trump was asked about the issue amid a legal challenge from the right-wing think tank, the Heritage Foundation, which claims the Duke of Sussex may have lied on his visa application or received special treatment from President Joe Biden.
The organization is pushing for Harry’s visa records to be made public, with a lawsuit over the request returning to court on Wednesday. In September, a judge ruled that the records should remain private, citing a “legitimate privacy interest in his immigration status.”
The Heritage Foundation initially sought the records through a Freedom of Information Act request, but it was denied. Under U.S. visa regulations, “applicants who are found to be drug abusers or addicts are inadmissible.” In his 2023 memoir Spare, Prince Harry admitted to using cocaine at age 17 “to feel different.”
Trump's response was petty—as one might expect:
“I don’t want to do that. I’ll leave him alone. He’s got enough problems with his wife. She’s terrible.”
His remarks were criticized instantly.
Trump's comments are considerably different than what he said about Prince Harry in the early days of his 2024 campaign.
Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Trump said he "wouldn't protect" Harry, adding:
"He betrayed the Queen. That’s unforgivable. He would be on his own if it was down to me.”
Remarking on the decision of Harry and Markle's decision to move to the U.S. in 2020, Trump said that the Biden administration had been “too gracious” to them in that time.
These statements came following the publication of a royal biography that claimed that the late Queen Elizabeth was outraged by Harry and Meghan Markle’s claim that she had given her approval for them to name their daughter Lilibet.
Meanwhile, no word from Trump on any efforts to lower the price of eggs.
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