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Trump: "I would like to see a unified Ireland."

Milan, September 12 (askanews) – US President Donald Trump has addressed the issue of Irish unity, stating that he “would like to see it united” and predicting that a united Ireland “will happen sooner or later.” He pointed to Prime Minister Michael Martin as the right person to help make this goal a reality. “Well, I don’t want to cause any problems, but I’ll tell you that I would like to see it united.

I have friends on both sides, wonderful people. They're Irish. How could they be bad people, right? I'd love to see it united. I think it would be a great success for everyone if that happened. Sooner or later it will happen. You know what? I think it's going to happen sooner or later. It might as well happen now,” Trump said, answering reporters alongside Taoiseach Michael Martin, who received him at his residence in Dublin. “We're talking about it, and here's the right man to move the process forward.

"Yeah, I think it would be a fantastic thing. Obviously, the UK will have something to say about it. But I think it would be a great thing. I mean, how could that be a bad thing?" the US president concluded.

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