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Published 20:09 13 Sept 2026 BST
Updated 20:09 13 Sept 2026 BST

During his Ireland visit on Saturday, Donald Trump made remarkable comments on reunification between Ireland and Northern Ireland.
While speaking with a reporter, he said: "It's going to happen eventually..... How can it be bad?"
At the US Embassy in Dublin, he later added: "I actually said it would be, I think, a very cool thing. To be honest with you, I think it would be cool."
While his words were very popular with nationalists, it brought the ire of the UK's Reform Party and the DUP in Northern Ireland.
But Trump remained undeterred at the Irish Open in Doonbeg today, and doubled down on his comments.
He said: "I love my comments.
"You have Northern Ireland and you have Ireland and it seems to me that one of the naturals of all time would be put them together.
"That's only my opinion, many people agree. I made what I considered to be a fairly routine comment."
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