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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt was not only Merkel, he did same to Irish PM today.
Donald Trump took the podium and not only mispronounced Fionnuala Kenny, the wife of Prime Minister Enda Kenney, he took his moment to read what he described as an old Irish proverb:
It was a short poem. by Nigerian poet Albashir Adam Alhassan.
It was a short poem. by Nigerian poet Albashir Adam Alhassan.
The Irish Times describer their meeting in the Oval Office:
In the midst the madness sat a silent Donald Trump and a fairly silent Enda, who was desperately trying to make small talk. But Trump just sat there like a sulky child, leaning forward in his seat, hands steepled between his knees, looking into the distance. He seemed bored.
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/3/17/1644511/-Trump-celebrates-St-Patrick-s-Day-by-reading-an-Irish-proverb-that-is-Nigerian-not-Irish?detail=facebook
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It was not only Merkel, he did same to Irish PM today. (Original Post)
dixiegrrrrl
Mar 2017
OP
Kenny trolled him brilliantly with his little speech about Irish immigrants.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2017
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samnsara
(17,640 posts)1. this is so embarrassing
ornotna
(10,807 posts)2. He's an imbecile
And it's just begun.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,869 posts)3. Kenny trolled him brilliantly with his little speech about Irish immigrants.
SCROTUS turned a deeper shade of orange and looked quite unhappy.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)4. Dumber than a bag of rocks. n/t
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)5. Nigerian Poet? Black Irish!!!
Sorry.....to the jury, that's satire.
we are "black Irish"
If you looked at my dad and his brothers they looked almost Italian.
Black hair, not real tall, but bright blue eyes.
None of them (11) has a mustache or beard.
dalton99a
(81,599 posts)6. How rude.
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)7. He is an uncivilized asshole.
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)8. He is a fucking disgrace to this country. nt
hunter
(38,328 posts)10. Trump has not yet recovered from Justin Trudeau's evasion of the trademark "Trump" handshake.
Seriously, I think that really upset Trump.
What next, some other world leader bruises his delicate little fingers?
Honest to God, I would recoil from Trump's offering his hand for fear I'd break it.
But not likely, it would have to be a Hitler signs Indiana Jone's dad's diary moment.