Former US President Donald Trump criticized the absence of his successor Joe Biden at the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday in an interview with ultra-conservative British TV station GB News, saying he would have come if he was still in power, AFP reports. .

“I don’t think he can do it physically, I think it’s difficult for him to do it physically,” 76-year-old Donald Trump said in an interview with Nigel Farage, the former Europhobic and anti-immigration Ukip, now TV presenter.

Donald Trump, who is running against Joe Biden in 2024, said he was “very surprised” that the current president would not attend the coronation, calling it “very disrespectful”.

In an interview on the golf course he owns in Scotland, Donald Trump assured that he would come if he was still in power.

80-year-old Joe Biden will be represented by his wife Jill at the coronation. American and British officials said recently that never before had an American president attended the coronation of a British monarch.

The White House insisted that the absence of Joe Biden, who is known to be proud of his Irish roots, “is not a sign of disdain.” Joe Biden has already accepted the king’s invitation to visit Great Britain on a state visit.