In a show of mutual flattery, Trump famous earlier presidents of Irish descent, together with “the late nice” Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy, whereas tracing the historical past of the U.S. by way of the work of Irish immigrants.
“We honor the bravery of numerous Irish People who’ve stored our nation protected, sturdy, affluent and free,” Trump mentioned.
In form, Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin, sporting a inexperienced tie, famous that three of the signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence had been Irish born.
“Since then, Irish People have been on the coronary heart of shaping this nice nation,” Martin says, crediting the U.S. with doing “a lot to encourage Irish independence.”
Martin praised Trump as a peacemaker, saying he “welcomes the unrelenting focus and power you’ve gotten delivered to the seek for peace in Ukraine and the Center East since your first days in workplace.”
Martin ended his presentation by providing Trump a symbolic reward, a bowl of vivid inexperienced shamrocks.
