Trump’s thumbs-up to Irish reunification breaks with precedent, but evokes earlier age of White House support

Trump waded intro controversial territory with his comments in Ireland.

By: Bryan McGovern, Kennesaw State University, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: September 15, 2026

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Last Updated: 1 month ago

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By Bryan McGovern, Kennesaw State University

Donald Trump is a Republican and self-avowed nationalist. That, apparently, is true in an Irish sense, too – even if those terms have very different meanings across the Atlantic.

On Sept. 12, 2026, while seated next to taoiseach, the Irish title for prime minister, Micheál Martin, the U.S. president stated that he would “love to see” Ireland unified and that it is “going to happen eventually,” so it …

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