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The Irish government is forced to entertain Donald Trump, despite his track record of attacks on democracy, migrants, and international alliances. The visit is a grim reminder of the costs of dealing with a leader who has shown no regard for the values of the host country.
This courtesy should not, however, be interpreted as a gesture of welcome from the Irish people, for the hand they shake is the hand of a man, in fisted glove, who urged his supporters to attack Capitol Hill, violating American democracy.and command Ice to target migrants, murdering innocents in the streets of the US along the way.
It is the hand that implemented illegal tariffs on Liberation Day and is untrustworthy at every turn, as Canada has recently found. It is the hand that signs the cheques for Binyamin Netanyahu to execute the genocide of Gaza. And the hand that initiated the war in Iran, bombing innocent schoolchildren, a war with vague and shifting objectives with Trump floundering cluelessly on an exit strategy, the world paying the price for his folly.
It is the hand of a man who has signed off on cryptocurrency deregulation policies, directly benefiting the fortunes of his family by billions of dollars, corruption in full view. The Brexit lesson guiding Mark Carney’s response to Trump’s tariffsRealpolitik demands that he be told Doonbeg is the greatest of golf courses, for flattery is known to be the best protection for us and our economy from the vagaries of this vindictive man.
We have to hold our noses and endure his presence until Sunday, returning then to the US to overtake Andrew Johnson and James Buchanan as the worst US president in history. – Yours, etc,There is still time for Government to re-evaluate stance on Gaza studentsGerry Hutch’s son remanded in custody charged with serious organised crime offencesSaoirse Ronan walks red carpet in Venice for premiere of her directorial debutMy funny Irish-American mother would be appalled by the things done in her name since 9/11
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