Badenoch Leads UK Backlash Over Trump's Ireland Remark
Badenoch Leads UK Backlash Over Trump's Ireland Remark
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President Trump's remark in Dublin that he would "love" to see Ireland unified has drawn a day of criticism from British politicians, with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch out front.
What Trump actually said
"The way I look at it, it's going to happen eventually. It may as well happen now," Trump said at the meeting with Martin, according to MSNBC. The Times of Israel reported he called unification "fantastic" and said it would happen "eventually."
Reactions
The Daily Mail reported Sunday that UK politicians including Badenoch "tore into" Trump over his support for a united Ireland, and that the Tory leader led the condemnation of remarks the president made in a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin. The same report said even Nigel Farage said the president was wrong.
The Independent reported Sunday morning that Reform hit back at Trump over the reunification row. MSNBC described the remarks as sparking a UK backlash.
Trump, asked about it again, was unbothered. "I gave a very nice answer I think," he said, per Mediaite, adding it was "one of those questions where no matter what you say, no matter how well you say it, there's no good answer."
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The Boston Globe wrote that the comment broke with decades of US neutrality on an issue rooted in a long history of violence. Forbes reported that it put Trump at odds with the UK's prime minister. ABC News reported that the president sparked the ire of some Irish leaders shortly after his arrival in Dublin, and noted that Northern Ireland would need to approve any move in a referendum.
Aimed at whom?
The BBC's analysis argued the comments may have been targeted at an audience across the Atlantic rather than in Ireland, writing that nobody could have predicted the day's main global headline would be Trump's desire to see a unified Ireland.
The trip was not all friction. The Gateway Pundit reported Trump received a "rousing welcome" at the members bar at his Doonbeg resort on Saturday.
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