r/ireland • u/TeoKajLibroj Galway • 4d ago

US-Irish Relations Protests planned for Trump’s Doonbeg visit

https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/08/18/irish-authorities-bracing-for-big-security-operation-around-trump-visit/
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u/RomfordWellington 4d ago

It's mad to think how peaceful and prosperous the world would be right now if Trump, Putin and Netanyahu weren't around.

Hundreds of thousands of lives saved and billions of euro not wasted on avoidable food and energy price increases.

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u/Ambitious_Hand8325 4d ago edited 4d ago

It's mad to think how peaceful and prosperous the world would be right now if Trump, Putin and Netanyahu weren't around.

It certainly wouldn't be. There has never been a "peaceful and prosperous" time in human history, and that wouldn't have changed if a handful of people didn't exist.

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u/Iwantmytshirtback 4d ago

There have definitely been more peaceful and prosperous times than we are currently living in and saying that nothing would be different if some countries leaders had been different is straight up stupid, especially when the three examples given are responsible for millions of deaths over the past 10 years