The
Hill - President Trump on
Saturday expressed optimism about the reunification of Ireland during a meeting
with Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin in Dublin. The president, who is visiting his Irish golf
course this weekend for a major golf tournament, said he would “love” to see
the joining of the Republic of Ireland and the U.K.’s Northern Ireland. “I’d love to see it unified,” Trump said. “I
think that’d be a great feather in everybody’s cap if that happened. It’s going
to happen eventually.”
….Previous U.S. presidents have
typically avoided directly commenting on this contentious issue. Ireland’s
split followed decades of violent conflict, called “the Troubles,” in Northern
Ireland over whether to unite with the rest of Ireland or to remain part of the
U.K.
The Good Friday Agreement, which
the U.S. helped broker to end this conflict, gives the secretary of Northern
Ireland the ability to call a border poll if it seems likely that a majority of
people in the region would support Irish unification.
On Wednesday, U.K. Prime Minister
Andy Burnham told British parliament members that he was “not aware that there
is majority support for another referendum.”
Maine Senate Democratic
Campaign Committee - While
hardworking Mainers struggle to afford gas and healthcare, Donald Trump is
charging $61 for twenty-five $1 coins featuring his face. Not only is
Trump using the U.S. Mint to print his face on currency for the second time,
but he is charging a 144% markup.
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