Maggiore Rethink della visita della Casa Bianca di Taoiseach Micheál Martin dopo lo scontro di Donald Trump con Volodymyr Zelensky
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/major-rethink-of-taoiseach-micheal-martins-st-patricks-white-house-visit-after-donald-trumps-clash-with-volodymyr-zelensky/a2093128995.html
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MM is thinking “should I dance a gig” or “should I bring a bigger bowl of shamrock”
” should I bend both knee’s or just one”
I don’t see what’s to be gained by not going.
Zelensky said it best himself, to the effect that relations between countries go far beyond the personal relationships of the people at the top. Trump may be an aberration, or he may indeed be the new reality of the US for the coming years/decades, but that doesn’t mean Ireland needs to preemptively cut off that access until it is unsalvageable beyond all reasonable hopes.
Quite frankly, it would be dumb to waste the opportunity.
Whatever Mehole ends up doing to insult Vance or trump, we just send this as an apology.
Mehaul is wondering if he goes, will his meeting turn into a massive shit show like yesterday.
Trump probably gonna grandstand on corporation tax issue.
To be fair to MM, and I wudnt vote FF, he’s generally calm when facing aggressive opponent so he’ll have to plámás Trump, refer to Irish-American strong relationship since 1800’s and try not get drawn into ambush.
Just keep saying “Go Raibh Maith Agat a Dónal” to him
The art of subtly never fails
Been saying it for weeks but we needed to decline this invite. Look at how Trump hung the great Zelensky out to dry for the world to see yesterday. The U.S. is no ally of ours any more.
Ireland needs to pull together militarily with the rest of the EU and defend Ukraine from the Russian onslaught that’s coming.
Going to the White House would be a stupid move
He needs a covid positive..
Wear a Palestinian and Ukraine pin
Wouldn’t be surprised if inbred cretins vance and trump bring up Ireland’s stance on Palestinian genocide.
There should be no visits from any European leader. There needs to be consequences. Cut America off.
I mean, come on. There’s absolutely no way he goes after that. Why are we even debating this?
The only reason for him to go is if he just eats head off Trump when they’re on the sofas. “Ah would you ever cop on you pair of fucking godshites. Yer man there with the eyeliner, why is he talking? Shut the fuck up and go get me another pint. Now you, ya fucking orange cunt ya…” That kind of thing.
Ireland will always bend the knee to America.
I feel “That would be an ecumenical matter” is really going to come into it’s own in the coming weeks
Micheál shows up with a bag of shamrock in a Dunnes bag, wearing a pair of oneills rip-offs and 2007 Cork hurling jersey.
He’ll only do the same to Mícheál, imo. I think it’s best if we sit this one out and work on closer ties with the rest of the EU. We can’t afford to suck up to the US anymore
Gonna be tough watching Trump and Vance say some nice words about our historic ties then call us a bunch of potato-eating leprechaun pacifists while MM smiles and nods awkwardly like he’s about to burst in tears
He needs to constantly respond referencing Irish Americans (famine, British oppression etc) so that any attack trump does looks like an attack on Irish Americans. Zelenskyy didn’t have that
MM was a teacher in Cork so he has experience dealing with idiots who have stupid ideas and shit haircuts
Why can’t he just say I’m not going the big Jinny. Because he really wants to go. Really weak leadership
On the other side….if he tells Trump he’s refusing the invite, bang goes our invite for the next 3 years also.
Wasn’t it always said that our great advantage as a tiny nation was a guaranteed Oval Office meeting once a year?
Yeah, it’s a massive risk to go…but if it goes fairly neutrally then you get 3 more chances for new investment proposals over the course of his term.
All it has to be is Not A Shitshow.
I’d probably take the risk but it’s a hard one as Trump is so belligerent and anti-Europe at the moment that it could well be a Shitshow.