Trump news: US President stops in Shannon airport for meeting with Irish PM Leo Varadkar after D-Day celebrations
Mr Trump's Ireland visit includes golfing at a resort of his
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Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump has arrived in Ireland, having attended a D-Day memorial event in Portsmouth with the Queen and other world leaders. He then headed off to play golf at his club in Doonbeg.
Prime Minister Theresa May had hosted 15 world leaders to honour the largest combined land, air and naval operation in history, with Mr Trump also holding a brief "pull-aside" meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Mr Trump, who met Conservative leadership candidate Michael Gove on Monday it has been revealed, has faced criticism over his claims that “big crowds” turned out to support him on his state visit while organised protests against him flopped, in the face of images appearing to showing thousands of people opposing him.
The visit to Ireland follows after Mr Trump's second state visit to London, where he was met with considerable protest — and then denied that protest was happening.
The US president met with the Queen and other dignitaries for a state banquet on Tuesday evening, with everyone dressed to impress at the formal dinner.
Mr Trump's visit to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day, while serious, also did not stop him from sending off some questionable tweets during the trip.
He will soon return to the US, where controversy in Washington has developed over the past week since he announced potential tariffs on Mexican goods.
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Arriving in Ireland for the first time, Donald Trump sought to reassure the country that Britain’s exit from the EU would work out fine for its near neighbour.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar planned to use a meeting with Mr Trump, who has been a vocal supporter of Brexit, to underline Ireland’s concerns over the departure, his deputy said.
Before meeting Mr Varadkar, the US president said he expected the premier would ask him about Brexit and that he was sure it would “work out well”.
He told reporters: “The way it [the border] works now is good, you want to try and keep it that way and I know that’s a big point of contention with respect to Brexit.”
Welcome to our coverage of day three of Donald Trump's UK visit. The president is due to attend D-Day commemorations in Portsmouth today.
Mr Trump has logged on to Twitter early today.
On-the-ground evidence suggests this claim is incorrect. The Independent's Tom Batchelor was reporting on the protest, where thousands of people turned out in opposition to the president while pro-Trump supporters numbered much less.
The president has also railed against the "corrup media" and its coverage of his tenure, claiming his popularity would be much higher if it were "fair".
It's a longstanding complaint.
Here's Mr Trump's schedule for Wednesday, per White House pool guidance.
# 9.35am: Depart London for Portsmouth, arriving at Southsea at 10.25am
# 10.45am: Photocall on Southsea Common with fellow leaders commemorating D-Day
# 11.15am: The commemoration event begins
# 12.45pm: Mr Trump and the first lady greet the Queen and D-Day veterans, set to last about 15 minutes
# 1.10pm: The Trumps join up with Prince Charles and other leaders
# 1.35pm: The first couple meet US armed forces personnel
# 2.05pm: Lunch
# 2.50pm: The Trumps leave Southsea Common and take a helicopter to Southampton airport, from where they will fly to Ireland
# 5.15pm: Mr Trump conducts an "expanded bilateral meeting" with Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar, lasting until about 6pm
# 6.35pm The Trumps arrive at the president's Doonbeg golf resort
Donald Trump appears to have performed an abrupt U-turn on his comments that the NHS would be “on the table” in post-Brexit trade talks, writes Jon Sharman.
The US president sparked an almighty row when he said that the “NHS or anything else, a lot more than that” would be in the sights of US firms in any deal.
But later on Tuesday he directly contradicted himself, saying instead that “I don’t see it being on the table”.
Prince Charles pushed the US president on climate change during their meeting at Clarence House on Monday, Mr Trump said.
The Prince of Wales did "most of the talking" during the 90-minute conversation, he said in an interview with ITV.
Asked if Charles moved him on the issue he said: "What moved me was his passion for future generations, he's really not doing this for him, he's doing this for future generations."
He added: "I did mention a number of things, I did say the United States right now has among the cleanest climates."
In fact, the US is one of the world's biggest polluters and Mr Trump has moved to promote the further exploitation of fossil fuels, including what he has called "beautiful, clean coal".
Donald Trump is expected to discuss Brexit with Leo Varadkar when the pair meet for a bilateral summit later today.
Other issues on the agenda are thought to be immigration, trade, US support for Northern Ireland and the EU-US relationship.
Mr Trump quotes a Fox News commentator, Laura Ingraham, to suggest his trip to Britain has been a success.
He said he "could not have been treated any more warmly ... by the Royal Family or the people".
Notwithstanding the blimp, presumably.
A teenager who mowed a giant penis into his lawn to protest Donald Trump‘s state visit has turned his creation into a sea turtle following a police visit, writes Zamira Rahim.
Ollie Nancarrow cut the words “Oi Trump” and “climate change is real” alongside images of a giant penis and a polar bear into a field on his family's land.
The A-Level student lives near Stansted Airport and hoped the controversial US president would spot the drawings when Air Force One touched down on Monday morning.
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