Micheál Martin took some hits, but managed to deploy his own talking points and made it through
Micheál Martin took some hits, but managed to deploy his own talking points and made it throughrumbled on. The Taoiseach needed those skills on Wednesday afternoon as his host rained down blows on Ireland’s economic model and the European Union. He stayed alive, counterpunched diplomatically, and made it out of the ring in one piece - but those flurries made a mark.
It was excruciating for periods, as Trump unspooled his familiar criticisms and Martin sat largely quiet, having to wait for an opening. It was also about what might have been expected: Trump is hardly a model of consistency, but on this, he has been the same for decades.Fiona McHugh, former Sunday Times Ireland editor and Fallon & Byrne co-founder, dies aged 57
As the questions continued, he was skillful especially on Gaza. His answer, majoring on the release of Israeli hostages and his own visit to see the raided villages of October 7th was exceptionally well-judged. He hardly rallied to the defence of Europe as Trump targeted the bloc, despite invocations from Brussels as recently as this morning, preferring by and large to leave Trump at it.
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