King Charles III issued a involved eight-word plea to President Donald Trump as the 2 sat down on a stage set up on the White House garden for a temporary handle from Trump.

“Have you any idea where he might be?” the King asks, according to lip reader Nicola Hickling, though it is unclear to whom he was referring.

Trump‘s five-word response sparked more confusion — “I don’t really know, unfortunately,” the president said.

“That is highly unusual,” Charles added before Trump replied, “Yes, it is.” There’s an awkward beat, and then Trump continues, “I really don’t know. I’ll see where I can help. I’ll figure something out.”

Both then rise from their seats, and Trump strikes forward to give a small tour to the King of the welcome social gathering on the White House garden.

The dialog occurred shortly after Trump appeared to make a grab for first woman Melania Trump’s butt as the first couple greeted Charles and Queen Camilla at the White House on Tuesday.

A clip from a livestream of the greeting reveals Trump shaking King Charles’ hand, then awkwardly putting his hand on her back. But shortly after he does so, he slides his hand down and squeezes his spouse’s butt.

Almost as if he realized what he did, the president rapidly swiped his hand away before giving Melania one more pat on the back, this time on her waistline. He then removes the hand altogether and shakes the King’s hand once more.

Trump and Charles greeted each other warmly on Tuesday as the monarch started a day of diplomacy in Washington designed to emphasize a bond between the United Kingdom and the United States that is so strong it may face up to the political turmoil of the second.

Trump welcomed Charles and Camilla to the White House in a ceremony on the South Lawn. The King shook palms with members of Trump’s Cabinet before becoming a member of the president for a rendition of the national anthem.

The leaders will huddle later in the Oval Office for a assembly that’s closed to the public, decreasing the potential for the freewheeling, sometimes controversial conferences with international officers that have turn out to be routine during Trump’s second time period.

Charles will later turn out to be the first British monarch to handle the U.S. Congress since his mom, Queen Elizabeth II, in 1991. Her speech highlighted the shared historical past of both nations and the significance of their democratic values, themes Charles will doubtless reinforce on Tuesday.

Such addresses are an alternative afforded to only the most distinguished world leaders, including Pope Francis, Václav Havel and Winston Churchill. It will doubtless mark the most in depth public remarks Charles will ship during a four-day go to to the U.S. that’s supposed to have a good time the nation’s 250th anniversary of independence from Britain.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., turned the first sitting chief of his chamber to handle the U.Ok. Parliament earlier this 12 months. He attended a garden social gathering with the king in Washington on Monday and said he told him he can be “well received” in Congress.

The go to comes at a difficult second for U.S.-U.Ok. relations. Trump’s up-and-down relationship with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has taken a notably bitter flip over the past a number of months as the Republican president has sought to rally worldwide help for the warfare in Iran. Trump criticized Starmer, who has largely resisted his overtures, by saying, “This is not Winston Churchill that we’re dealing with.”