The White House yesterday — prior to President Trump’s state dinner for King Charles III — posted on X a picture of the two heads of state and captioned it as “TWO KINGS.” Clearly, Trump was trolling his domestic political opponents — especially the organizers of the “No Kings” protests.

Charles’ visit, like that of his grandfather King George VI with President Franklin Roosevelt in June 1939, comes at a time of global peril.

Peace was hanging in the balance in 1939 as the King and Queen of England lunched on hot dogs at Hyde Park –– Roosevelt’s Springwood estate in upstate New York. Democracy itself was under threat from Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.

The Old World needed the New World. Plus, as Roosevelt fully understood, the New World needed the old if it were to endure. 

Survive it did –– and arguably, the U.S. became king of the world, especially after the end of the Cold War in 1991. And the U.S. has since learned what all monarchs soon discover: Heavy is the head that wears the crown.

Fast-forward to today, and global peace is once more at stake. The Old World is under threat from Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin’s Axis of Evil allies — China, Iran and North Korea — are threatening the New World.

The dangers now are just as great as they were during World War II. Charles underscored that point masterfully and on multiple levels during his speech Tuesday, when he presented Trump with the bell from the HMS Trump.

Beyond the ship’s name, the symbolism of the T-class submarine was at the heart of Charles’s messaging to Team Trump. First, it was a World........

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