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Trump would “love” a united Ireland. “It may as well happen now.”
Farmleigh House. Micheál Martin sat next to him. London heard it. Downing Street did not clap.
The Rocket News · World Desk · DublinSeptember 12, 2026 · 4 min read
President Trump, sitting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin at Farmleigh House on Saturday, was asked about a united Ireland. “I'd love to see it unified,” he said. “I think it would be a great feather in everybody’s cap. It's going to happen eventually. It may as well happen now.” He turned to Martin: “You got the right man over here to get it moving.” The World desk files a sentence London did not ask for.
Martin would not be drawn. British Conservatives rebuked it. Downing Street pointed to Andy Burnham’s rejection of an immediate border poll. Trump had already seen President Catherine Connolly at Áras an Uachtaráin, inspected an honor guard, and was bound for his golf club in Doonbeg and the Irish Open. America’s relationship with Ireland, he said, had “never been as good as it is right now.”
It's going to happen eventually. It may as well happen now.
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A president on a golf weekend does not redraw a border. He can light one. The World desk files the remark as it is: love, eventually, now — and a taoiseach who sat still.
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