The Taoiseach reprimanding US President Donald Trump on policy would likely be the last White House St Patrick’s Day, Sean Spicer has said.
that Taoiseach Micheál Martin should use the upcoming trip to “seize the opportunity to continue to highlight and honour the unbelievable bond that the Irish people and the American people have”.Mr Spicer said choosing to use the shamrock exchange to reprimand Trump would “undermine years of goodwill”.
“I find it extraordinarily undiplomatic to come over, using the situation and the pretence of a celebration of the two cultures, to come over and use this as an opportunity to lecture us. “I can't think of a more short-sighted way to screw up a decades long tradition that has come to captivate the entire country here, and he will have no one to blame but himself should he choose that path.”
The fountain on the South Lawn of the White House died green in honour of St Patrick’s Day, 16-03-2018. Image: SMG/Zuma Press/PA Images
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