--- title: Queen Elizabeth Shows Off Funny Side With Joke About Trump description: It's not often that Queen Elizabeth is recorded in conversation, but when she is, she really knows how to put on a show. canonical: https://time.com/5234594/queen-elizabeth-trump-joke/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-10T15:32:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:59.038Z og:title: Queen Elizabeth Got Cheeky With This Joke About Trump and Obama og:description: Her Majesty knows how to entertain og:url: https://time.com/5234594/queen-elizabeth-trump-joke/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc03ee91bf6cf02cf/69892d3cfb4eac3bd78964b6/queen-elizabeth-trump-joke.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: The Queen visits Poundbury og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Queen Elizabeth Got Cheeky With This Joke About Trump and Obama twitter:description: Her Majesty knows how to entertain twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc03ee91bf6cf02cf/69892d3cfb4eac3bd78964b6/queen-elizabeth-trump-joke.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Queen Elizabeth Got Cheeky With This Joke About Trump and Obama > Sponsored content. 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Queen Elizabeth II tours Queen Mother Square on October 27, 2016 in Poundbury, Dorset. Samir Hussein/WireImage  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 10, 2018 3:32 PM UTC It’s not often that [Queen Elizabeth](http://time.com/5180574/queen-elizabeth-new-zealand-assassination-attempt/) is recorded in conversation, but when she is, she really knows how to put on a show. While giving [Sir David Attenborough](http://time.com/4708214/fossil-sir-david-attenborough/) a tour of her private gardens at [Buckingham Palace](http://time.com/4851742/david-beckham-birthday-buckinham-palace/) for a documentary highlighting her conservation efforts, the Queen expressed frustration over the helicopters flying overhead with a joke about U.S. presidents. “Why do they always go round and round when you want to talk?” she said of the aircraft. “Sounds like President Trump, or President Obama,” referencing the presidential helicopter Marine One. However, while Trump frequently flies in Marine One, the President has yet to make an official visit to the U.K. and has never met the Queen. If this doesn’t change, he will be the only president besides Lyndon B. Johnson to not make Her Majesty’s acquaintance during her long reign. _The Queen’s Green Planet_ is set to air on ITV in the U.K. on April 16. 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