The Taoiseach was never likely to go into the Oval Office with the intention of lecturing the US president on his home turf. Photograph: Alex Wong/Getty Images)Micheál Martin’s second trip to the Oval Office went about as well as he could have hoped. At the same time, Martin knew that simply sitting meekly while Trump unloaded would be a terrible look back home. But the Taoiseach was never likely to go into the Oval Office with the intention of lecturing the US president on his home turf. Trump seemed nonplussed at questions from the Irish media about President Catherine Connolly’s comments on the war.

Source: The Irish Times March 18, 2026 05:26 UTC