Michael Thompson

Yeah, that's why people bought it.

They're just looking for anything, any good news, right?

Okay, turning to international news now.

King Charles III addressed the U.S.

Congress overnight, saying that in times of great international challenges, it was more necessary than ever to stand together and defend democratic values.

I figured you've just forgotten one of your kids, yes.

The King and Queen Camilla arrived in the U.S.

yesterday at the start of a four-day state visit, which is the first since Queen Elizabeth's trip back in 2007.

Security was, of course, extremely tight after the shooting incident in Washington, D.C., and Charles, of course, expressed sympathy about the attack.

I do that probably three or four times a year.

It's a quarterly spiral.

I like those little tidbits you liberally sprinkle throughout the show, Sean.

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The German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has run out of patience with the Middle East war, saying the US was being humiliated by Iran and that he saw no exit strategy to end the Middle Eastern conflict anytime soon.

Merz has been trying to push for closer cooperation between the US and Europe.

Don't think that's necessarily going to be helped by these latest comments.

Which really do underscore what is growing irritation in the region about the war and its impact on global oil and gas supplies and economic growth.

He's had enough.

Yes.

Would you believe?