Former President Donald Trump has reiterated that Prince Harry could be deported from the United States if he is found to have lied about drug use on his visa application if he is re-elected. suggested.
GB News’ Nigel Farage revealed on Tuesday that Prince Harry lied on his visa application as the royal family’s immigration status is embroiled in a legal battle after admitting to taking illegal drugs in his memoirs. Trump asked whether Prince Harry should be given “special privileges” if he did. .
“No. We need to find out if they know anything about drugs and if he is lying we will have to take appropriate action.” President Trump reportedly said this in a preview of the interview.
Asked whether “appropriate action” meant deportation, Trump did not provide a clear answer.
“Oh, I don’t know. Please tell me. Just tell me. I would have thought they would have known this a long time ago,” the former president said.
In his autobiography, “Spare”, Prince Harry wrote about his past use of drugs including cocaine, cannabis and psychedelic mushrooms, which was the basis for his US visa application being rejected.
Trump, 77, previously commented on the Duke of Sussex’s immigration status, saying that if re-elected in 2024, Prince Harry would be “on his own” following his “unforgivable” betrayal of Queen Elizabeth II. I warned you.
President Trump said at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Maryland last month that President Biden’s administration has been “too kind” to Sussex since Prince Harry and his American wife Meghan Markle moved to California in 2020. ” he criticized.
“I will not protect him. He betrayed the Queen. That is unforgivable. If it were up to me, he would stand on his own,” the former president told Express, adding that the Biden administration will grant special privileges to immigrants. he claimed.
Asked about Biden’s approach to Sussex, Trump said, “After what he did, I think they were too nice to him,” and criticized the president’s policies.
His comments come as Prince Harry’s immigration status is at the center of a lawsuit by conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation, which says the 39-year-old royal cannot legally enter the United States because he has written about taking illegal drugs in his memoirs. This is in response to claims that there was no such thing. .
Harry wrote in “Spare” that he took cocaine, marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms when he was younger, saying that while cocaine “did nothing for me”, “marijuana is different. It actually helped me It really helped me.”
The Heritage Foundation’s lawsuit claims that U.S. law “generally prohibits such persons from entering the country,” but lawyers representing the Department of Homeland Security told the court that something in the book He argued that what he said did not constitute “sworn testimony or evidence.”
Lawyers argued that Prince Harry’s account may have been doctored to “sell the book” and pointed out that “what he says in the book is not necessarily the truth.”
Mr Trump’s full interview with Mr Farage will be broadcast on GB News on Tuesday at 3pm EST.
