Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have made it clear there's no love lost between them and the US President Donald Trump.
On Monday, Donald Trump officially stepped into the hot seat in the office as the 47th President. However, having already made waves with his controversial decisions it looks like trouble could be on the horizon for the Sussexes.
There are fresh claims that Harry and Meghan could see themselves “targeted” by Trump during his second term. It comes as the ex-working royals released a statement last week powerfully condemning Meta’s decision to scrap human fact checkers.
Their comments have ruffled a few feathers. Nile Gardiner, director of the Heritage Foundation, told The Daily Beast that he will “personally urge Donald Trump to deport Prince Harry” if it comes out that he lied on his immigration application.
It comes following an ongoing legal battle to have Harry’s visa paperwork made public after he revealed in Spare that he had taken drugs.
Gardiner has told the Beast that the Duke and Duchess’s “poorly timed (Meta) intervention” would intensify “public interest in their political activities” and increase pressure for Harry’s visa paperwork to be made public.
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Speaking to Newsweek , PR expert Nick Ede said: “Unfortunately there could be a repercussion from (their Meta statement), especially with Mr Trump, you know, poking this ginormous bear and not expecting something back from it.
“Trump will see this as a battle he wants to win and potentially will target them in whatever way he does it.”
Could and would Trump deport Prince Harry?
Whilst Meghan Markle is a US citizen, the question remains could or would President Trump deport the Duke of Sussex?
During a political conference last year, Trump warned that Prince Harry would "be on his own" if he was re-elected into office and that he wouldn't "protect" him.
In a subsequent TV interview, Trump hinted that Harry could face possible expulsion, discussing the visa situation, he said: “if he lied, they’ll have to take appropriate action.”
“Harry could be in deep s**t,” one US-based journalist told the Telegraph prior to the election. “His life could get very unpleasant should Trump decide he wants to follow through with this.”
“The powers of the president are very formidable,” a renowned American lecturer on US constitutional history told the paper, saying he was “sure Trump will utilise them”.
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