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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStandoff over venue threatens to derail Trump visit to Ireland
President Donald Trump is expected to travel to Ireland for two nights during his visit to Great Britain and France to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
An Irish government source with knowledge of ongoing discussions told CNN that the White House is insisting the Irish prime minister, or taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, come to the President's golf course in Doonbeg to host a meeting between the two leaders.
According to the source, "The Irish government feel that protocol dictates that any event they host for President Trump should be at a venue of their choosing and certainly not at an hotel owned by Trump."
"It is a bit unseemly to demand that the taoiseach host President Trump at his hotel," the source said.
The source, who asked that his name not be used so he could speak freely, says Trump's chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, has been intimately involved in the discussions and has been insistent that Varadkar come to Doonbeg.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/17/politics/us-ireland-trump-visit-venue-hotel-golf/index.html?utm_source=twCNNp&utm_term=image&utm_content=2019-05-18T11%3A04%3A03&utm_medium=social
H2O Man
(73,894 posts)real Cannabis calm
(1,124 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,580 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,868 posts)watoos
(7,142 posts)and make a buck at his own property.
Martin Eden
(12,907 posts)But you rightly point out avarice as additional motive.
pecosbob
(7,583 posts)mopinko
(70,560 posts)maybe even a small town jail.
they can probably find one that is already a b&b.
Hugin
(33,333 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,818 posts)mopinko
(70,560 posts)this the jail where they massacred the independence fighters, yes?
greatauntoftriplets
(175,818 posts)hatrack
(59,638 posts)Not that far away, and far fewer protestors!
muriel_volestrangler
(101,502 posts)(Well, they were, a few weeks ago: https://www.visitfaroeislands.com/closed/ )
I suggest we send him to Stac-an-Armin, off St. Kilda - symbolic of his commitment to the environment:
...
The sailors watched as the bird, a Great Auk, waddled clumsily along. Agile in the water, the unusual creature was defenseless against humans on land, and its ineptitude made it an easy target Prophet-like that lone one stood, one of the men later said of the encounter.
Perhaps the men enjoyed the thrill of the hunt, or perhaps they realized its meat and feathers were incredibly valuable. In any case, they abducted the bird, tying its legs together and taking it back to their ship. For three days, the sailors kept the Great Auk alive, but on the fourth, during a terrible storm, the sailors grew fearful and superstitious. Condemning it as a maelstrom-conjuring witch, they stoned it to death.
It was the last of its kind to ever be seen on the British Isles. Four years later, the Great Auk vanished from the world entirely when fishermen hunted down the last pair on the shores of Eldey Island, off the coast of Iceland. The men spotted the mates in the distance and attacked, catching and killing the birds as they fled for safety. The female had been incubating an egg, but in the race to catch the adults, one of the fishermen crushed it with his boot, stamping out the species for good.
Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/with-crush-fisherman-boot-the-last-great-auks-died-180951982/
hatrack
(59,638 posts)Maybe the Kerguelen Islands?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,353 posts)What he probably wants even more to do is show off his golf resort and brag about how it's one of the best in the world - which according to the author of "Commander in Cheat," it isn't; nobody goes there. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/rick-reilly-trump-golf-816324/
Hugin
(33,333 posts)It's all about the moneys.
He's pretty consistent about it... Take the DC Hotel/Tip Jar for example.
spanone
(136,086 posts)Maeve
(42,376 posts)You know he just wants your money--don't give it to him!
lark
(23,278 posts)He's all in on criminality that profits himself, and so is Mulvaney. That's the reason he's Chief of Staff, he aids and abets drumpfs criminal enterprise.
lindysalsagal
(20,903 posts)Varadkar come to Doonbeg. Is this an episode of The Last Kingdom? Varadkar sounds like a place you go if they won't let you into Valhalla. Or, something to cook for dinner.
Secondly, "Who invited trump?"
Thirdly,
What's this "Greatest President In The History of The world" so afraid of? if he stays in anyone else's accomodations???
underpants
(183,366 posts)Not just that he is the boss but he is endlessly praised and that's what he adores.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,932 posts)Etiquette 101 respect your hosts.
gademocrat7
(10,713 posts)Hope he has to cancel his visit.
pdsimdars
(6,007 posts)Cousin Dupree
(1,866 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)the source said.
The MFer-45 is raw and rude. Just tell Mulvaney "no" and hang up the phone.
ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)He never changes. For the last three years, everything he has said or done revolves around the same theme. He's always putting himself first, particularly his financial interests, and ignoring the rights and feelings of everybody else.
So boring! No matter what he does, he's always the same! Always disappointing and always a disgrace!
paleotn
(18,073 posts)The republic is naturally a bit sensitive to protocol faux pas that smack of colonialism. It's their country. They make the rules. If you don't like it, stay the fuck out.
mgardener
(1,830 posts)He is visiting their country, he does not get to dictate where he is received.
Why isn't Congress screaming about this?
He and his family will PROFIT from a state visit.
DEPLORABLE.
zentrum
(9,866 posts)He's such a sleeze.
So embarrassed to be an American at this point.
watoos
(7,142 posts)I think of Guiness?
OnDoutside
(19,998 posts)Hugin
(33,333 posts)Top 'o the morning to ya!
OnDoutside
(19,998 posts)Baileys' and sweaters are the only two concessions I've ever found with my Swedish SO. I'm on my own for all of the rest.
I don't get the attraction from her end. Maybe she finds me amusing?
OnDoutside
(19,998 posts)OnDoutside
(19,998 posts)some work there and even though it was winter, he said it was very busy, unfortunately.
at140
(6,110 posts)His property. Greedy SOB 😡
yellowcanine
(35,723 posts)MFM008
(19,862 posts)Pray our cousins stand firm against this maggot who is attempting to hold court like Henry VIII.
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Eyeball_Kid
(7,457 posts)Demonstrations are in the works. Trumpy will be publicly mocked by demonstrators if he attends any official functions. And we all know that Trumpy abhors bad optics. That's the issue. Trumpy wants the controlled environment of a private golf course. He won't get it.
Tough shit, Trumpy. The Irish have your number.
MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Ireland should just disinvite him, citing his abhorrent rudeness.
shanti
(21,678 posts)He will be a guest in Ireland, so Ireland gets to name the venue. Nasty grifter.
Hekate
(91,397 posts)...and foreign tyrants.