WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump welcomed King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the White House on Monday for a brief joint press conference in which he presented the British monarch with an autographed copy of the Declaration of Independence.
Trump fielded a question from a reporter about the longstanding relationship between the U.S. and England before bringing out what he called a "special limited edition" copy of the Declaration of Independence.
"We have here a copy of the Declaration of Independence," Trump said with a boyish grin. "And this one is really special because it's signed by me, your favorite president. My signature is even better than all those other signatures on it, believe me."
When asked by the press where he had gotten the copy, Trump revealed there were still a few of the original copies scattered around the country.
"This is one of 26 surviving original copies," Trump continued. "I don't know how a copy can be an original, but that's what they tell me. You know, Thomas Jefferson wrote it. Very special guy, Tom Jefferson. He wrote a lot. John Adams told him to, can you believe that? He wanted him to write it because John was obnoxious and disliked, not like Tommy. Everyone loved him. Even his slaves loved him, if you can believe it. He was quite a guy."
Charles reportedly took possession of the document with little acknowledgment, keeping a stiff upper lip as he did so to mask his pain.
At publishing time, President Trump had also gifted King Charles III with an autographed VHS copy of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.
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