US President Donald Trump arrived in Dublin on Saturday, where he will meet Ireland’s leaders before attending a golf tournament at one of his resorts, a detour from his recent focus on the Iran war and his party’s effort to maintain power in November’s midterm elections.
He was greeted by Ireland’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister on the tarmac at Dublin Airport.
Trump was due to meet Ireland’s Prime Minister Micheál Martin and President Catherine Connolly before travelling to his golf resort at Doonbeg on the country’s west coast.
Coming after this week’s Republican convention and the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the talks could include politically sensitive topics such as economic issues and Irish leaders’ concerns over the Iran war.
Trump is making his 48-hour foreign trip as his Republican Party campaigns to keep its majorities in both chambers of the US Congress. The Iran conflict has heightened economic concerns among American voters by raising gas prices nationwide.
