Former President Donald Trump is eager to debate Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex – over her treatment of the queen.
“I don’t like the way he deals with the queen,” Trump told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Wednesday.
“I like to argue with him. I would love it. I strongly disagree with what they are doing.”
The 77-year-old Trump described his relationship with the late Queen Elizabeth II as “very cordial.”
“She is an extraordinary woman. At 95 years old, he is sharp. He is 100%. When you watch [President] Biden, you said this is a different planet,” he continued.
Britain’s longest reigning monarch died on September 22, 2022, at the age of 96.
The 2024 GOP presidential front-runner also expanded on his concerns about the fitness of his successor.
“Look, anything is possible, but when I watch – his body is shot, and his mind is worse,” Trump said.
Donald Trump has not given his stamp of approval to Meghan Markle. AP
Donald Trump told Hugh Hewitt he would “love to debate” Meghan Markle:
“I don’t like the way he deals with the queen … I like arguing with him. I would love it. I strongly disagree with what they are doing.” pic.twitter.com/vc7KpzTaeJ
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“He doesn’t run a government,” he continued of the 80-year-old commander-in-chief.
“The people who surround him, who are very smart fascists and communists, they are the people who run our country.”
Trump’s remarks about Markle, 42, came during discussions of the upcoming 50th anniversary of the iconic 1973 “Battle of the Sexes” in which Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in a tennis exhibition.
The match remains the most-watched tennis match in television history, estimated to have attracted around 90 million viewers worldwide.
The former president stated that he would be game for a verbal spat with the Duchess of Sussex.AP
But Hewitt thought that a Trump-versus-Markle debate could trump that, before asking the former president if he would do it for ratings.
“Oh, if you want to set it, let’s set it. Let’s do something,” Trump quipped.
Last month, Trump skipped the first 2024 Republican presidential debate on August 23 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, citing his monster polling lead.
The Fox News debate averaged 12.8 million views. Trump chose to interview former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
Trump has also not committed to attending the second GOP debate on September 27 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California.
Personally, Meghan Markle is reportedly disgusted with the former president.Getty Images
Markle and her husband, Prince Harry, sensationally decided to step back from their royal duties in 2020 in a very public spat with the royal family. The couple moved to California.
At the time, Trump strongly opposed any US funding for their security.
The rogue royals sat down for a great interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021 where they took turns insulting the royal family.
“I’m trapped in the system, like the rest of my family,” the Duke of Sussex, 38, told Winfrey.
“My father and brother, they were trapped. They can’t go, and I have a lot of compassion for that.”
Trump previously blamed Meghan Markle for causing a rift between Prince Harry and his family. Getty Images
Hugh Hewitt has a knack for drawing news from presidential contenders. Kirk Irwin
Trump has previously singled out the royal couple and placed much of the blame on Markle.
“I think Harry has been badly used and I think one day he will regret it,” Trump said during an interview with Nigel Farage of the United Kingdom in 2021.
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