“Europe continues to be an excellent place to dwell,” Martin mentioned, prompting laughter within the room as Trump retorted: “I’m glad to listen to that!”
Martin then expanded on why Europe is so fashionable with migrants, noting the EU’s “free mobility of individuals” and the way it permits Eire to draw newcomers “from Europe and past” to swell its quickly rising workforce.
“Basically, typically Europe will get characterised wrongly by way of it being overrun,” he mentioned in obvious reference to claims the Trump administration has made, together with within the president’s sit-down interview with POLITICO final December.
The visiting Irish press pack, maybe disillusioned to don’t have any anti-Irish feedback from Trump, twice tried to ask him about Irish President Catherine Connolly’s current condemnations of the U.S.-Israel assault on Iran.
Connolly — elected in October on an anti-government mandate — is a largely ceremonial head of state who performs no function in Eire’s authorities.
However Trump made it clear he had no clue who Connolly is perhaps, far much less her criticisms.
“Who mentioned that?” Trump requested a reporter, solely to be advised, regardless of Connolly’s gender, that it was Eire’s president.
“Look. He’s fortunate I exist, that’s all I can say,” Trump mentioned.
