'I am coming at some point during the year. I missed it last time and I would've loved to have been there'
Mr Trump told Leo Varadkar that he wanted to make the trip during a meeting with the Taoiseach in the Oval Office in the White House on Thursday.Mr Trump said: "I am coming at some point during the year. I missed it last time and I would've loved to have been there.
"It's a very complex thing right now, it's tearing a country apart. It's actually tearing a lot of countries apart and it's a shame it has to be that way but I think we will stay right in our lane," Mr Trump said.Afterwards Mr Varadkar said he had a "really good meeting" with President Trump. On Thursday evening Mr Varadkar will attend the annual St Patrick's Day shamrock ceremony in the White House where he will gift Mr Trump a customary bowl of shamrock.
During the meeting Mr Varadkar said that he is not judged by his sexual orientation but by his political actions.
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