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US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania have arrived in Ireland and said they are honored to be in the country.<\/p>\nUS President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania have arrived in Ireland and said they are honored to be in the country.<\/p>\n
Speaking to the media, Mr Varadkar said it was a great honor to welcome President Trump to Ireland.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump responded by saying he and Mr Varadkar have become friends, adding: \u201cWe love the Irish \u2013 it\u2019s an honor to be here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Trump said Ireland and the US do a lot of business together and noted it is one of the leading countries in terms of people moving to the US.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have millions of Irish and I think I know most of them because they are my friends, we love the Irish, so it\u2019s an honor to be here, we will be discussing various things, probably he\u2019ll ask me about Brexit because I know some very good people that are very likely to welcome Brexit.<\/p>\n
Mr Varadkar responded by saying Ireland wanted to avoid a border or a wall.<\/p>\n
Asked about the United State as a guarantor of peace in Northern Ireland, Mr Trump said: \u201cI think what\u2019s going to happen is over the next period of time is, first we have to wait to see who is going to be Prime Minister, and I think it\u2019s a very important decision, we\u2019ll see what happens over in the UK because that\u2019s going to be decision number one, who is going to be Prime Minister.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce that happens, that person will get in and try to make a deal and maybe if they don\u2019t make a deal, they do it in a different way but I know one thing, Ireland is going to be in great shape, Ireland is a special place that\u2019s going to be in very good shape.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think the border is going to be a problem at all.\u201d<\/p>\n
President Trump said he also expects to discuss the military and trade and Mr Varadkar.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be in Ireland with my friend and he is doing a great job as your Prime Minister,\u201d Mr Trump added.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump was asked about Irish President Michael D Higgins\u2019 comments about his \u201cregressive\u201d record on climate change.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump responded: \u201cI haven\u2019t heard those comments, but we have the cleanest air in the world in the United States and it\u2019s gotten better since I became president, we have the cleanest water, it is crystal clear, I always say I want crystal clear water and air, so I haven\u2019t heard his comments, but we are setting records environmentally.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked about his plans, Mr Trump said: \u201cTomorrow we go to Normandy and I\u2019ll be leaving from Doonbeg, I am staying here overnight, and I thought this would be the best place, to come to in Ireland and stay at Doonbeg.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Trump denied that he was promoting his golf resort by staying at Doonbeg.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, this trip is really about great relationships that we have with the UK, and I really wanted to do this stop in Ireland, it was very important to me because of the relationship I have with the people and with your Prime Minister.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked if he will give Irish citizens access to the E3 visa, Mr Trump said: \u201cWe are looking at that, we almost made it last time, it was one vote, we are looking at that, I am sure that is something we are going to discuss, I spoke to the one vote, who is a great senator by the way, he really is, he\u2019s a great senator, and we think we are going to be successful.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a terrific person, he doesn\u2019t mean to do any harm, that I can tell you, he was telling me he loves Ireland actually, so I think we are going to be in great shape.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had just about a unanimous vote and if we get a unanimous vote we do something that they have been trying to do for a long time, so I want to do that for the people of Ireland, but I want to do that for the people that are in the United States that want this vote to happen that happen to be of Irish descent.\u201d<\/p>\n