{"id":237146,"date":"2026-01-10T03:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T03:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/237146\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T03:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T03:08:12","slug":"irelands-economic-model-looks-fragile-as-trump-tests-the-limits-of-the-western-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/237146\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland\u2019s economic model looks fragile as Trump tests the limits of the Western alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Where stands this country as the hinges come off the world order? The events, and declarations, of the last week or so have given the greatest signal yet that the Western world is entering a highly unsettling phase. What will that mean for us on our windswept isle, clinging to the west of Europe, dependent on the US for financial survival and European allies for defence?<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu internal_BodyRagged\">The first thing to note is that Donald Trump is now behaving like a mad king. He instructs, those around him scurry off to respond, and the world falls into place.<\/p>\n<p>This is exclusive subscriber content. Already a subscriber? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/login\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IE Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4633150_1_org_IE_logo_modals.png\" width=\"340\" height=\"41\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\tSubscribe to access all of the Irish Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>Annual \u20ac130\u20ac80<\/p>\n<p class=\"best-value\">Best value<\/p>\n<p>Monthly \u20ac12\u20ac6 \/ month<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Benefits image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4874751_1_org_Funnel_image.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Where stands this country as the hinges come off the world order? The events, and declarations, of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[969,61,60,43,92549],"class_list":{"0":"post-237146","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-venezuela"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}