He suggested it \u201cmay as well happen now\u201d and appeared to cast Miche\u00e1l Martin as the person to help make it happen.<\/p>\n
He said:<\/p>\n
double quotation markWell, I don\u2019t want to cause any problems, but I will tell you I\u2019d love to see it unified.<\/p>\n
I have friends on both sides, great people. They\u2019re Irish people. How can they be bad, right?<\/p>\n
I\u2019d love to see it unified. I think it would be a great feather in everybody\u2019s cap if that happened. It\u2019s going to happen eventually.<\/p>\n
You know what? The way I look at it, it\u2019s going to happen eventually. It may as well happen now.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re talking about it and you got the right man over here to get it moving.<\/p>\n
But, yeah, I think it would be a fantastic thing.<\/p>\n
Now the UK will have something to say about it, obviously. But I think it would be a great thing. I mean, how can it be bad?\u201d<\/p>\n
Updated at\u00a006.16 EDT<\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n Trump says Ireland unity ‘would be cool’<\/p>\n Trump has joked about his earlier remarks about Ireland unity (see post at 11:11<\/a>).<\/p>\n During his speech at Deerfield, he said there was \u201cno good answer\u201d to the unification question, adding: \u201cNo matter what you say, no matter how well you say it.\u201d<\/p>\n He then reiterated his view that unification \u201cwould be cool\u201d.<\/p>\n Donald Trump delivers remarks at Deerfield. Photograph: Kylie Cooper\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.11 EDT<\/p>\n Trump is now at Deerfield, the US ambassador\u2019s official residence, where he is expected to deliver a speech to guests.<\/p>\n Donald Trump at Deerfield before delivering remarks to US embassy personnel and business leaders. Photograph: Kylie Cooper\/ReutersThe US ambassador to Ireland, Edward Walsh, speaks at Deerfield during Trump\u2019s visit. Photograph: Kylie Cooper\/ReutersDonald Trump Jr and his wife Bettina Anderson at Deerfield. Photograph: Kylie Cooper\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n The Irish Times reports that a spokesperson for Miche\u00e1l Martin was asked if Donald\u2019s Trump\u2019s comments about a unified Ireland<\/a> would have any impact on government policy.<\/p>\n They said: \u201cNo, our Good Friday agreement and programme for government commitments remain.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a007.02 EDT<\/p>\n Trump repeated that the Middle East crisis is \u201cgonna work out fine and dandy\u201d.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Trump says he could settle Falklands row<\/p>\n Trump has also been asked about the Falkland Islands. In his meandering response, he questioned whether Britain would be willing to travel such a distance to defend the islands and said he could be called upon to help resolve the row between the UK and Argentina.<\/p>\n Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a meeting with Miche\u00e1l Martin at Farmleigh House, Dublin. Photograph: Ben Birchall\/PA<\/p>\n His comments came as the Argentinian president Javier Milei claimed the \u201cwinds of change\u201d are blowing in Argentina\u2019s favour<\/a>, pointing to suggestions that Trump may be reconsidering the US position<\/a> on sovereignty over the Falkland Islands. The remarks drew the ire of UK ministers<\/a>, who swiftly pushed back any suggestion that Britain\u2019s sovereignty over the Falkland Islands was up for discussion.<\/p>\n Trump said:<\/p>\n double quotation markWell, the Falkland Islands is very interesting because here we go again.<\/p>\n I remember as a young boy, a pretty young boy anyway, but the Falkland Islands, and I think it was a different country at that time, the UK a little bit, but they went in and they took it over.<\/p>\n I\u2019m not sure they\u2019re doing that. They have a little problem with immigration.<\/p>\n They have a little problem with energy and then have some other problems they have to take care of.<\/p>\n So, I don\u2019t know. You know, I don\u2019t know if they\u2019re going to be willing to travel that far.<\/p>\n That is very far away. You\u2019re talking about weeks by boat. I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll be called into that potential disaster, but if they do, I\u2019ll probably be able to settle, settle it out.<\/p>\n But right now, you have two countries that are not happy concerning the Falklands.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.40 EDT<\/p>\n Houthis asked US not to intervene, Trump says<\/p>\n Trump claimed the Houthi group had asked the US not to intervene after it seized an island in the Bab el-Mandeb strait,<\/a> a vital maritime route that carries around 12% of global trade.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Houthis called us and they don\u2019t want to fight with us,\u201d Trump told reporters.<\/p>\n \u201cThey don\u2019t want us to go after them.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Trump said the conflict in Gaza was all but over after he \u201cput out the fires\u201d, and that Iran was two weeks away from obtaining a nuclear weapon when the US and Israel began the war in February.<\/p>\n \u201cIf they had it they would have blown up Israel, they would have blown up the Middle East,\u201d he said, adding that Europe<\/a> would have been a target too.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Trump: I’d love to see a unified Ireland<\/p>\n Trump has weighed in on the question of Irish unity, saying he would \u201clove to see it unified\u201d and predicting that a united Ireland<\/a> is \u201cgoing to happen eventually\u201d.<\/p>\n He suggested it \u201cmay as well happen now\u201d and appeared to cast Miche\u00e1l Martin as the person to help make it happen.<\/p>\n He said:<\/p>\n double quotation markWell, I don\u2019t want to cause any problems, but I will tell you I\u2019d love to see it unified.<\/p>\n I have friends on both sides, great people. They\u2019re Irish people. How can they be bad, right?<\/p>\n I\u2019d love to see it unified. I think it would be a great feather in everybody\u2019s cap if that happened. It\u2019s going to happen eventually.<\/p>\n You know what? The way I look at it, it\u2019s going to happen eventually. It may as well happen now.<\/p>\n We\u2019re talking about it and you got the right man over here to get it moving.<\/p>\n But, yeah, I think it would be a fantastic thing.<\/p>\n Now the UK will have something to say about it, obviously. But I think it would be a great thing. I mean, how can it be bad?\u201d<\/p>\n Donald Trump during a meeting with Micheal Martin at Farmleigh House. Photograph: Ben Birchall\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.16 EDT<\/p>\n Trump and Martin are now speaking to reporters at the Farmleigh estate.<\/p>\n Commenting on the Saudi pipeline attack<\/a>, Trump said he believed Iran may have been responsible for the drone strike. \u201cI think they are, probably they are.\u201d<\/p>\n Miche\u00e1l Martin and Donald Trump speak to reporters at Farmleigh House in Dublin. Photograph: Julia Demaree Nikhinson\/AP<\/p>\n Saudi authorities said drones launched from Iraq had forced the temporary closure of a key oil export route, which has become increasingly important as an alternative to the strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n The East-West pipeline runs from Abqaiq, near the Gulf, to the Red Sea port of Yanbu. Riyadh has stepped up its use of the pipeline since the start of the Middle East war as the route allows Saudi oil to reach global markets without passing through the Hormuz strait, which has been effectively closed by Iran.<\/p>\n![\"Donald](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3936.jpg\")
Donald Trump during a meeting with Micheal Martin at Farmleigh House. Photograph: Ben Birchall\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n