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Unsurprisingly, there was huge interest stateside in the 47th US president’s brief visit to Ireland
Unsurprisingly, there was huge interest stateside in the 47th US president’s brief visit to Ireland US president Donald Trump speaks during the trophy presentation on day four of the Amgen Irish Open at Trump International Golf Links in Doonbeg on September 13th, 2026.
Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images While past US presidents have at least attempted to grasp the sensitivity and complexity of the Irish unity question, Trump’s off-the-cuff remark about how he would “love to see it” happen sparked intense reaction both north and south of the border. As Shane Lowry watches on, Donald Trump reinvents himself as champion of all things Irish‘There’s nothing wrong with the bags’: inside Dublin’s latest waste war This was the angle most of the US media focused on, with some mentions of the removal of tariffs on Irish whiskey.
The Washington Post led with the stark difference in how Trump addressed the Irish unity issue compared with his predecessors.should reunify with the independent Ireland to the south has usually been treated with kid gloves by American presidents. But president Donald Trump seems to prefer boxing gloves,” one piece noted.
Titled ‘Trump pokes the UK, and Ireland’s unity debate catches fire’, the piece also suggested Trump’s comments may have been designed to irritate Burnham, who Trump called “very liberal” in remarks at Doonbeg. The New York Times also focused on Trump’s Irish reunification comments, noting he had broken with “precedent”. It mentioned the collection of Michael Longley poems which Trump received, which included one aptly titled ‘ceasefire’.
The Times also featured a report from Doonbeg, looking at the split in the Co Clare town over those who protested Trump’s presence andThe Wall Street Journal reported “Trump’s weekend in Ireland was supposed to centre on low-stakes diplomacy”, but, “Instead his visit drew him into controversy when he voiced support for Irish reunification, an issue US presidents traditionally avoid”. President Catherine Connolly and US president Donald Trump at Áras an Uachtaráin in Dublin on September 12th, 2026.
Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA The right-leaning Fox News focused primarily on Trump’s visit to Doonbeg for the Irish Open with pieces titled ‘Golf crowd cheers Trump as he walks out at Irish Open’ and ‘Irish golf fans chant U-S-A after Trump announces end of tariffs on Irish whiskey’. Fox also featured a piece on Trump officials defending White House personal aide Natalie Harp after criticism of her inclusion in the US delegation for the visit to Ireland.
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