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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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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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Interesting tidbit here.

Jon Sharman5 June 2019 15:14
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Sajid Javid briefly met Donald Trump in Portsmouth, it has been reported.

Everyone's getting in on the action.

Jon Sharman5 June 2019 15:18
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Michael Gove has told the Commons Scottish Affairs Committee that he actually met with Donald Trump on Monday evening, not  today.

Chris Stevenson5 June 2019 15:23
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 The environment secretary said he exchanged "a few words" with Mr Trump on Monday.

But he added: "I'm afraid I didn't see him today. I saw him on Monday evening. I had an opportunity to say a few words to the president on Monday night."

That males Mr Trump's comments of "I don't know Michael" at the press conference with Theresa May on Tuesday a bit strange.

Chris Stevenson5 June 2019 15:27
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The Trump's are set to leave Southampton anytime now to fly to Shannon for a meeting with Ireland's Taoiseach Leo Varadkar

Chris Stevenson5 June 2019 15:35
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The issue of the Irish border will prove a difficult obstacle to the approval of a US/UK trade deal - depending on the outcome of Brexit.

Many senior members of Congress, who will have to sign off the deal, have taken a similar line to Mr Varadkar. That a hard border damages the spirit of the Good Friday Agreement and London can forget a trade deal if that happens.

Chris Stevenson5 June 2019 15:43
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Mr Trump will face environmental protests tomorrow, as he visits his own golf resort at Doonbeg, in County Clare. The visit is a major part of his stop in Ireland.

Chris Stevenson5 June 2019 15:51
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Meanwhile, a new survey has found half of US adults consider fake news a major problem, and they mostly blame politicians and activists for it, according to a new survey. 

The  ​Pew Research Center poll said that 68 per cent of those asked believe fake news affects confidence in government institutions.

Fifty-Seven per cent of respondents said political leaders and their staff were to blame, while 53 per cent said activist groups bore responsibility

Chris Stevenson5 June 2019 16:00
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US ambassador to the UK, Woody Johnson, has been tweeting about the D-Day event in Portsmouth.

Chris Stevenson5 June 2019 16:17
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Here is a comment piece on how Mr Trump was trying to channel the spirit of Ronald Reagan in 1984 during his D-Day anniversary visit.

Chris Stevenson5 June 2019 16:23

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