{"id":7706,"date":"2019-05-30T12:26:02","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T16:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7706"},"modified":"2019-06-01T10:27:16","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T14:27:16","slug":"president-trump-looking-forward-to-ireland-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7706","title":{"rendered":"President Trump &#8216;Looking Forward&#8217; to Ireland Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2.43044198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2.43044198.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2.43044198-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>President Donald Trump has said he is looking forward to his trip to Ireland next week.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Trump said he will base himself at the hotel and golf resort he owns in Doonbeg in Co Clare.<\/p>\n<p>The US president and First Lady Melania are due to arrive in the country on Wednesday after a three-day state visit to the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to RTE News at the White House, Mr Trump said: \u201cWe\u2019re going to be staying at Doonbeg in Ireland because it\u2019s convenient and a great place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll be meeting with a lot of the Irish officials and it\u2019ll be an overnight stay and I look forward to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Trump bought the golf resort for \u20ac8.7m in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>During his visit he will hold a bilateral meeting with Leo Varadkar at Shannon Airport.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the Taoiseach told the Dail that he was looking forward to discussing free trade with the US president during his trip.<\/p>\n<p>He added that he believes strongly in free trade.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Trump had been due to visit Ireland last November but the trip was postponed due to operational reasons.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-7706\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7706&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-7706\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7706&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-7706\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7706&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7706\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump has said he is looking forward to his trip to Ireland next week. Mr Trump said he will base himself at the hotel and golf resort he owns in Doonbeg in Co Clare. 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