Sinn Fein, Alliance and SDLP are not attending St Patrick’s events in Washington
US President Donald Trump said he had not heard that some Northern Ireland political parties had decided to boycott St Patrick’s Day celebrations in Washington DC over his administration’s stance on Gaza.
Sinn Fein, the SDLP and Alliance had ruled out attending such events.
Asked about the boycotts while meeting Taoiseach Micheál Martin in the Oval Office, Mr Trump told reporters: “I haven’t heard that, I really haven’t heard that.”
First Minister Michelle O’Neill travelled to Carolina in the US this week for a business event.
However, she returned home rather than attend the Washington events as part of Sinn Féin’s protest against Mr Trump’s threat of mass expulsion of the Palestinian people from Gaza.
Deputy First Minister, Emma Little-Pengelly of the DUP, is in Washington.
Mr Trump spoke with Ms Little-Pengelly, DUP Communities Minister Gordon Lyons and Stormont Speaker Edwin Poots at a lunch in Capitol Hill which followed his meeting with the Taoiseach.
Last year, Ms O’Neill and Ms Little-Pengelly were lauded in the US capital as they travelled together to attend St Patrick’s Day events only weeks after the powersharing institutions at Stormont were restored.
Alliance Party leader Naomi Long had also previously confirmed she would not be making the trip this year.
She said her party would be represented in the US, but she would not be asking any of her party to travel to the White House, accusing the US president of ignoring international law.
Ms Long had also predicted in advance that Mr Trump would be unlikely to notice the absence of Northern Ireland politicians.
SDLP leader Claire Hanna was the first to announce that her party would boycott the Washington St Patrick’s events in protest at US policies on Gaza.
by WrongdoerGold1683
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I wouldn’t be too surprised at this response. I think from Trumps point of view it is about as well he can play it.
I do hate the cunt and everything he stands for but I think even if he was aware that saying this is politically astute, taking advantage of the fact most Americans will likely never have heard of any of the NI parties
Of course he hadn’t heard about it, he was too busy flogging cars in his front garden.
I doubt he knows who Sinn Fein are
Trump said the Irish are very special people earlier in the meeting with the Taoiseach so we’re all Gucci baby.
No tariffs for us please and keep that American money coming here for investment so we can continue the gravy train for us in the IT industry
Sounds like he’s pretending. Sinn Fein? I don’t think I know a Sinn Fein.
Well shit the bed and slap the dog, imagine that!
*Shocked Pikachu face* 😦
Donald trump cares only about Donald trump even if he has heard of SF and the whole lot of Irish political parties sure as 9 USdollars for 12 eggs, he hasn’t committed it to memory.
I’d be highly surprised if he knows what party the Taoiseach if from. And if he knew the UKs PM Starmer was from left wing labour they would not have got on as well either.
The amount of investment Ireland gets they def had to be there. As for trump he is a cunt but credit due he has got further than the other lot in 3 years with this war.
Ironic to that inflation dropped in February nobody expected that but the uncertainty with the tarriffs spooked everyone over there which would of seized spending and investment a lot, so it could be a ploy this tarriff carry on to get inflation low so fed lower interest rates, which will then give him the growing economy he is after.
Of course the dementia ridden aul cunt hasn’t a clue.
Just interested to know who pays for these folk to go the USA?
I’m with Sinn Féin on this one. Good call by Michelle O’Neill and her colleagues. Not surprised the DUP didn’t follow suit though.
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