The Queen Reportedly Confided in Obama About Her Hatred for Trump Before Her Death
Reports have suggested that King Charles isn’t particularly fond of President Donald Trump, and there are indications that his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, might’ve felt similarly.
A new book by award-winning American journalist Susan Page titled The Queen and Her Presidents: The Hidden Hand That Shaped History claims that Elizabeth voiced her disapproval of a Trump presidency during a private meeting with then-president Barack Obama at Windsor Castle in 2016.
According to the book, Elizabeth allegedly “expressed her real views to Obama” and said she was puzzled by Trump’s rise to political prominence. Elizabeth even reportedly asked Obama, “Why is this person so close to running your country?”
Page noted that Elizabeth’s views on Trump weren’t entirely clear but suggested they were likely “shaped by what she had seen and heard during the first years of his presidency.”
“He had attacked her friends, the Bushes, faulting George W. Bush for the 9/11 attacks. Trump had publicly berated her prime minister,” Page wrote. “He had labeled the nations of Africa, a continent that included members of the British Commonwealth, as ‘s—hole countries.’ That remark wouldn’t sit well with a sovereign who had devoted her life to the protection of the Commonwealth she headed, and whose ties with African leaders were particularly close.”
During that same meeting, Elizabeth also reportedly raised concerns about Brexit, the vote in which Britain ultimately chose to leave the European Union. Obama, speaking with Page for The Queen and Her Presidents, revealed that that was the first time Elizabeth had directly commented on British politics with him.
“Clearly, there was an assessment on her part that, regardless of the details of policy, having as big a decision as the UK pulling out of the EU was not one that, from her perspective, should have been decided by plebiscite,” Obama said.
He continued, “She said, effectively, ‘It’s hard to understand why a prime minister, who presumably understands politics, would put a public referendum forward that he didn’t know what the answer would be of such importance.’”
In May 2026, a royal insider told RadarOnline that Brexit caused major anxiety within the palace, as Elizabeth saw constitutional stability as one of the monarchy’s key responsibilities.
“Elizabeth believed the referendum opened the door to uncertainty and division on a scale Britain had not experienced for decades,” the insider explained. “She understood how emotionally charged the issue had become and was deeply uneasy about the risks attached to putting such a historic constitutional question directly to the public.”
Another alleged that Elizabeth was “in an impossible position because she could never publicly intervene, no matter how concerned she felt privately.”
“People around her could see she regarded the situation as deeply destabilizing and feared the long-term damage it could do to national unity,” the source added.
