> Asked if Ireland was also taking advantage of the US, he said: “Of course they are. I have great respect for Ireland, for what they did and they should have done just what they did. But the United States shouldn’t have let that happen. We had stupid leaders, we had leaders who didn’t have a clue.
> “All of a sudden Ireland has our pharmaceutical companies, this beautiful island of five million people has got the entire US pharmaceutical industry in its grasps.”
If only he had been in charge previously, this wouldn’t ever have continued so long…….
“Mr Trump also said Apple had been “treated very badly”, referring to an EU court ordering the company to pay back taxes in Ireland.
Mr Martin interjected to say “we fought with them” on the EU case.
“It’s the European Union, isn’t it? The European Union is going after our companies,” Mr Trump said when asked if Apple should relocate from Dublin back to the US.”
‘kin hell. I know Martin is not telling lies here and trying to lick the boot in our interest, but this reads as undermining our European allies, and with how things are going I know who I would rather stand with.
Lick arse martin
>Asked if Ireland was also taking advantage of the US, he said: “Of course they are. I have great respect for Ireland, for what they did and they should have done just what they did. But the United States shouldn’t have let that happen. We had stupid leaders, we had leaders who didn’t have a clue.
nice click bait
You have to be very naive not to see this to be honest. Donald knows “we don’t have the cards”.
To be quite honest, that all went about as well as it could have all things considered.
Just like trump taking advantage of all those women he raped…. Would be my response. Reason number 672 why I’m not in politics
Such an absolute moron. American capitalists took advantage of Ireland evolving into a complete tax haven and Cayman Islands of the West. It’s the exact inverse of what he’s saying.
I’m currently reading Fintan O’Toole’s “We Don’t Know Ourselves” (must read snapshot of how contemporary Ireland came to be, imo) and there’s a few chapters that go deep into that very lopsided relationship between Ireland and the US tech giants that contribute very little investment into the country.
He details how essentially the Fianna Fail and Fine Gael governments artificially inflated economic numbers to make it seem as if the entry of these tech companies into Ireland was boosting the country’s economic prospects and passing their insane profits into the betterment of Irish cities. It was a total facade.
Meehawl was deftly juggling chainsaws as he slowly walked the tightrope over a pit of alligators. The Irish press core sensing he had found some purchase, started throwing rocks … GAZA, APPLE, EU TARIFFS, HE SAID YOUR MA SMELLS ODD… Meehawl used the technique of the spineless octopus and fastened his tentacles of charm to the Mighty Trumps chest.
For feck sake, Micheál get him talking about the weather or something!
If you ever wanted a booth licker in your corner now it’s MnM
Hate or not FFG, Martin handled this very well, without selling out the EU too.
For an economy so reliant on globalisation for it’s tax take, it goes to show how it’s important not to have populists like Mary Lou meetings like this.
Mehole getting the Vaseline warmed up as we speak before going to visit the fascists in America
Micheal just completely licked trumps arse the whole time tbf “muh muh mr president”. Although maybe that was the best course of action with Trumps extremely fragile ego – but a bit more pushback on some of Trumps ridiculous statements, and actual constructive dialogue might not have been so bad, if gone about with the right tone.
“Everyone’s being mean to me. I’m the real victim here” – Trump in any scenario.
Meehole did well IMO. Played the smart game of letting Trump ramble on until time expired. Any question he got asked he told a little joke and left the dunce yanks happy.
The two groups you want mad at you: The Irish and the Quebecois
Offer him Leitrim as tribute and keep him off our backs.
I think he’ll find it’s us companies taking advantage of Ireland
Tomorrow Chump will announce that Ireland has agreed to become the 51st State for a few million dollars…
Ireland is awesome
As a Canadian, welcome to the party
Who was that idiot reporter, the one with the Irish accent who kept bringing up taxation on Ireland and Ireland”taking advantage” .
He should be slapped for how detrimental those questions are
Honest ta f£k he had the awareness of a pineapple.
Here’s what the headline should have been
Mr Trump said it was a “great honour” to have Mr Martin at the Oval Office.
“We have tremendous business relationships in Ireland, and that will only get stronger.
Trump is a ra*ist who lies as often as he breathes and it’s depressing that he was voted in AGAIN. You can’t go near social media without seeing his makeup covered sour puss and piss mop hair. Is this real life?
The Regeneron and Lily plants they recently built in Limerick are absolutely enormous. I can’t imagine they would be too thrilled about being dragged back to the states after the investments they’ve made.
I thought he was all for a free market? These companies can set up operations wherever they like.
American here. I’m sorry. Really I am. Don’t know what else to say. Didn’t vote for the asshat. Don’t like what he does to our allies. The Irish people in my opinion have a better moral compass than America. Again sorry for the mumblings and ramblings of the orange Oompa Loompa.
Well that played out no where near as hostile as I would have liked it to go, just to see how Martin handled it.
Yeah absolutely the fucking BILLIONS upon BILLIONS US corporates make in Ireland each year is a real rotten deal for the US.
Let them fuck off to Germany or France and see how that affects their bottom line.
The amount of absolute fucking dopes I have seen today going mad that Martin went – he fucking has to! Our country’s entire business model depends on staying in the Yank’s good books!
Is Trump a scumbag? Of course, utter skidmark but what else was Martin supposed to do? If US investment is pulled, Ireland is fucked.
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> Asked if Ireland was also taking advantage of the US, he said: “Of course they are. I have great respect for Ireland, for what they did and they should have done just what they did. But the United States shouldn’t have let that happen. We had stupid leaders, we had leaders who didn’t have a clue.
> “All of a sudden Ireland has our pharmaceutical companies, this beautiful island of five million people has got the entire US pharmaceutical industry in its grasps.”
If only he had been in charge previously, this wouldn’t ever have continued so long…….
“Mr Trump also said Apple had been “treated very badly”, referring to an EU court ordering the company to pay back taxes in Ireland.
Mr Martin interjected to say “we fought with them” on the EU case.
“It’s the European Union, isn’t it? The European Union is going after our companies,” Mr Trump said when asked if Apple should relocate from Dublin back to the US.”
‘kin hell. I know Martin is not telling lies here and trying to lick the boot in our interest, but this reads as undermining our European allies, and with how things are going I know who I would rather stand with.
Lick arse martin
>Asked if Ireland was also taking advantage of the US, he said: “Of course they are. I have great respect for Ireland, for what they did and they should have done just what they did. But the United States shouldn’t have let that happen. We had stupid leaders, we had leaders who didn’t have a clue.
nice click bait
You have to be very naive not to see this to be honest. Donald knows “we don’t have the cards”.
To be quite honest, that all went about as well as it could have all things considered.
Just like trump taking advantage of all those women he raped…. Would be my response. Reason number 672 why I’m not in politics
Such an absolute moron. American capitalists took advantage of Ireland evolving into a complete tax haven and Cayman Islands of the West. It’s the exact inverse of what he’s saying.
I’m currently reading Fintan O’Toole’s “We Don’t Know Ourselves” (must read snapshot of how contemporary Ireland came to be, imo) and there’s a few chapters that go deep into that very lopsided relationship between Ireland and the US tech giants that contribute very little investment into the country.
He details how essentially the Fianna Fail and Fine Gael governments artificially inflated economic numbers to make it seem as if the entry of these tech companies into Ireland was boosting the country’s economic prospects and passing their insane profits into the betterment of Irish cities. It was a total facade.
Meehawl was deftly juggling chainsaws as he slowly walked the tightrope over a pit of alligators. The Irish press core sensing he had found some purchase, started throwing rocks … GAZA, APPLE, EU TARIFFS, HE SAID YOUR MA SMELLS ODD… Meehawl used the technique of the spineless octopus and fastened his tentacles of charm to the Mighty Trumps chest.
For feck sake, Micheál get him talking about the weather or something!
If you ever wanted a booth licker in your corner now it’s MnM
Hate or not FFG, Martin handled this very well, without selling out the EU too.
For an economy so reliant on globalisation for it’s tax take, it goes to show how it’s important not to have populists like Mary Lou meetings like this.
Mehole getting the Vaseline warmed up as we speak before going to visit the fascists in America
Micheal just completely licked trumps arse the whole time tbf “muh muh mr president”. Although maybe that was the best course of action with Trumps extremely fragile ego – but a bit more pushback on some of Trumps ridiculous statements, and actual constructive dialogue might not have been so bad, if gone about with the right tone.
“Everyone’s being mean to me. I’m the real victim here” – Trump in any scenario.
Meehole did well IMO. Played the smart game of letting Trump ramble on until time expired. Any question he got asked he told a little joke and left the dunce yanks happy.
The two groups you want mad at you: The Irish and the Quebecois
Offer him Leitrim as tribute and keep him off our backs.
I think he’ll find it’s us companies taking advantage of Ireland
Michael played a blinder.
https://preview.redd.it/vngsxxizjboe1.jpeg?width=271&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=730b775bf9d14ff2f6666c35954b66847d91d09f
It’s got what plants crave.
Tomorrow Chump will announce that Ireland has agreed to become the 51st State for a few million dollars…
Ireland is awesome
As a Canadian, welcome to the party
Who was that idiot reporter, the one with the Irish accent who kept bringing up taxation on Ireland and Ireland”taking advantage” .
He should be slapped for how detrimental those questions are
Honest ta f£k he had the awareness of a pineapple.
Here’s what the headline should have been
Mr Trump said it was a “great honour” to have Mr Martin at the Oval Office.
“We have tremendous business relationships in Ireland, and that will only get stronger.
Trump is a ra*ist who lies as often as he breathes and it’s depressing that he was voted in AGAIN. You can’t go near social media without seeing his makeup covered sour puss and piss mop hair. Is this real life?
The Regeneron and Lily plants they recently built in Limerick are absolutely enormous. I can’t imagine they would be too thrilled about being dragged back to the states after the investments they’ve made.
https://preview.redd.it/fjvjcd32qboe1.jpeg?width=835&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=22abb52be1dfd601660b26ea168a225c9bcf3b3d
I thought he was all for a free market? These companies can set up operations wherever they like.
American here. I’m sorry. Really I am. Don’t know what else to say. Didn’t vote for the asshat. Don’t like what he does to our allies. The Irish people in my opinion have a better moral compass than America. Again sorry for the mumblings and ramblings of the orange Oompa Loompa.
Well that played out no where near as hostile as I would have liked it to go, just to see how Martin handled it.
Yeah absolutely the fucking BILLIONS upon BILLIONS US corporates make in Ireland each year is a real rotten deal for the US.
Let them fuck off to Germany or France and see how that affects their bottom line.
https://preview.redd.it/ny1auxrpuboe1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b7abd1c797b77f35558d0656f63ea6e6b57bdc9c
Posted this after the meeting.
The amount of absolute fucking dopes I have seen today going mad that Martin went – he fucking has to! Our country’s entire business model depends on staying in the Yank’s good books!
Is Trump a scumbag? Of course, utter skidmark but what else was Martin supposed to do? If US investment is pulled, Ireland is fucked.
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