There were jokes, subtle digs and the supposedly apolitical King Charles even appealed to Donald Trump on Nato and Ukraine – but how did the US president react? Helen Pidd speaks to the Guardian columnist and host of Politics Weekly America, Jonathan Freedland

The king faces possibly his most important ever speech and a thin-skinned president, in the shadow of the Sussexes and the Epstein scandal. What could go wrong?

The King arrives in the US in the wake of more political violence – and with the special relationship in its worst state for decades. But despite the backdrop, Charles is uniquely…