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US President Donald Trump has arrived in Dublin and within hours of touching down in the Irish capital he launched a political hand grenade by declaring his desire for a united Ireland to become part of the Republic and describing such an event as "a fantastic thing".
"Look, I think it's going to happen anyway, and it may as well happen now," the US President told reporters after his meeting with the Irish Prime Minister, Mr. Martin, at Farmleigh House in the Phoenix Park, Dublin.
His comment immediately broke over a century of U.S. neutrality on the issue of Irish reunification. Every U.S. President since the Good Friday Agreement has carefully avoided taking a position on the issue which ended three decades of blood-soaked sectarian violence that claimed the lives of 3,000 people.
However, Trump is no ordinary president. There is much going on behind the scenes as the UK government pushes for global war with Russia and enables the slaughter in Ukraine, while destroying British culture.
The possibility of a unity referendum is "off the table" according to UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham who recently described the idea as "irrelevant". It is not clear whether or not the UK Government will welcome comments from the most powerful man in the world on one of Britain's most sensitive domestic issues.
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) were among the first to reject the President's comments, with DUP leader Gavin Robinson saying on X that as unionists they were "not interested in the destruction of our country by joining with the Irish Republic".
The two-day trip is combining official business with a trip to his Trump Organization's golf resort in Doonbeg, County Clare, which is currently hosting the Irish Open golf tournament.
The Irish President Catherine Connolly and the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Martin were also due to meet with Trump during his 2-day visit to the country. The talks are expected to focus on a number of issues including the conflict in Iran, US pharmaceutical tariffs on the EU and immigration. Ireland has been at the forefront of European criticism of Mr Trump and is part of a number of countries, including Germany and France, which impose trade bans on Israeli settlements.
This comment, whether deliberate or not, sets up a collision with Washington of one of the world's most powerful leaders at a time when the transatlantic relationship is under real pressure.
Nationalists and Sinn Fein are rubbing their hands together at the endorsement from the world's most powerful leader, while unionists in Belfast are expressing their shock.
However, in London, they are frightened as they see a president they cannot control.
