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Trump Visit Is on Par Heading Down the Final Fairway
Trump attended the Irish Open at his Doonbeg resort as 40,000 fans were expected and his comments on Irish unity drew diplomatic pushback.
- On Sunday, President Donald Trump attended the Irish Open at his resort in Doonbeg, concluding a two-day Ireland visit marked by controversial remarks endorsing Irish unification.
- During a meeting in Dublin, Trump told Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin he would "love to see" a united Ireland, arguing reunification was "going to happen eventually."
- Security for the visit cost 20 million euros with 4,000 personnel deployed amid protests, while critics questioned potential conflicts of interest regarding Trump's business ventures.
- Conservative deputy leader Alex Burghart called the remarks "very wrong," while DUP leader Gavin Robinson said Northern Ireland's future would be decided by its people, not "commentary in London, Dublin or Washington."
- Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald praised the comments as "timely," though the remarks complicate Washington's relations with Northern Irish parties and challenge neutrality under the Good Friday Agreement.
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France24Trump turns to golf, family business on Irish visit's second day
The US president caught his Irish hosts and neighbouring ally Britain off-guard Saturday when he waded into highly sensitive political territory by announcing he would "love to see" a united Ireland. Breaking with Washington's traditional neutrality on the historically-charged topic, Trump argued reunification of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland -- after over a century apart -- was "going to happen eventually". "It may as well happen…
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