Trump says King Charles does not want Iran to have nuclear weapon

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday Britain's King Charles did not ​want Iran to have a nuclear weapon, introducing the fraught subject of ‌the Middle East conflict into comments at a White House state dinner for the visiting royal, Report informs via Reuters.

The event was held on the second day of a four-day visit ​to the United States at a tense time in ties, after ​Trump has repeatedly criticized British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for ⁠what Trump calls lack of help in prosecuting the Iran war.

"We're doing ​a little Middle East work right now and we're doing very well," ​Trump said at the dinner.

"We have militarily defeated that particular opponent, and we're never going to let that opponent ever - Charles agrees with me even more than I do - ​we're never going to let that opponent have a nuclear weapon."