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Trump said he would "love" to unite Ireland: "Sooner or later it will happen."

The President of the United States, who is in Ireland these days, has made these controversial statements, and the reactions have come in full swing.

12 September 2026, Ireland, Dublin: A handout photo issued by Maxwells shows Irish President Catherine Connolly and US President Donald Trump at Aras an Uachtarain, her official residence in Phoenix Park, Dublin, during a courtesy call at the start of his visit to Ireland. Photo: Tony Maxwell/Maxwells/PA Wire/dpa



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U.S. and Irish Presidents Donald Trump and Catherine Connolly.

US President Donald Trumphas once again been surprised by his statements. He has travelled to Irelandto watch an A0golf tournament, where he has thrown his last one. He has acknowledged that he would "like" Ireland to rejoin. "It will happensooner or later, "he has predicted, adding that the UK will also have" something to say. "

"I don't want to cause any trouble, but I would like to see the two Ireland come together again. I have friends on both sides, great people.

According to Trump, he is "the right man" to carry out the reunification, but he has acknowledged thatthe UK also has "something to say"in the case.

The island of Ireland is divided into two parts: the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (corresponding to the United Kingdom). The 30-year-long armed conflict in Northern Ireland ended with the signing of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. 3,500 people were killed in the fighting.

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A spokesman for United Kingdom Prime Minister Andy Burnham has had his headaround Ireland.  "As far as I know, there is not enough social support for another referendum, as long as that does not change, there will be no referendum," he said.

Gavin Robinson, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, has been adamant and has stressed that the constitutional future of the territory "will be decided by the people of Northern Ireland and not by the comments made in London, Dublin or Washington".

The Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has accused Trump of being "frivolous," which, in his view, creates "unnecessary tensions," as Trump had previously done with Greenland or Canada.

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