Leave it to Donald Trump to defend a man while taking a shot at him at the same time.
Since his highly public and acrimonious split from the royal family, Prince Harry has been living in Montecito, California, with former Suits star Meghan Markle.
Since his split from the royal family—dubbed Megxit—Nile Gardiner, a former aide to Margaret Thatcher and current Director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at the Heritage Foundation, has led a persistent effort to scrutinize Prince Harry’s legal status in the U.S. Citing Harry’s own admissions of past drug use in his memoir Spare, which should have denied him a US visa, Gardiner, and the Heritage Foundation have launched a legal challenge questioning his residency.
However, Trump may have just thrown cold water on the effort. In an exclusive with the New York Post, he cast doubt on the idea of deporting Britain’s most famous royal.
“I don’t want to do that,” he said. “I’ll leave him alone. He’s got enough problems with his wife. She’s terrible.”
Ouch—talk about a blow to the pride.
Trump then took a moment to praise Harry’s older brother and future king.
Trump took the opportunity to praise Harry’s estranged older brother William, with whom he met privately in Paris in December during the reopening ceremony of Notre-Dame Cathedral.“I think William is a great young man,” he said.”
Trump’s jab at Markle likely stems from their long-running feud, which began when she called him misogynistic years ago.
Meanwhile, Nile at Heritage responded in his own way—retweeting old posts about the lawsuit’s progress without direct comment but strongly hinting that the litigation will continue.
Only President Trump could help and undercut someone in a single statement.
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