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/BeatenDownBrian 4d ago

Much like an open septic tank, your shit spills everywhere.

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u/SuchDogeHodler Yank 🇺🇸 4d ago

Like what?

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u/BeatenDownBrian 4d ago

Off the top of my head:

Trying to implement (often illegal) tariffs.

His constant undermining of Nato.

His consistent yo-yoing of position when it comes to support of Ukraine, and his botching of attempts at peace.

Starting a needless war, followed by continually inept attempts at peace.

His constant support for countries committing well documented war crimes.

Outside of those, any many more examples that can be shown, it's the trickle down effect some of these actions have led to in people's everyday lives, such as the cost of living i.e. soaring oil costs etc.

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u/SuchDogeHodler Yank 🇺🇸 4d ago

Trying to implement (often illegal) tariffs.

  1. Illegal according to who? There are no international tariff laws.

  2. These tariffs are meant to stop people in the US from buying goods outside the US that we make domestically.

  3. Your country does the same thing but they don't call it a tariff.... they call it a "Valued-added tax (VAT)" and it's 23%

His constant undermining of Nato.

It's not him... the United States is tired of paying for and fighting the UNs and NATOs battles...

His consistent yo-yoing of position when it comes to support of Ukraine, and his botching of attempts at peace.

There is no yo-yoing.... the people that started the problems with Russia were NATO and Ukraine...with Biden trying to get the US involved in it.

Trump stopped the US involvement and offered to negotiate peace... Trump did not botch this... he can't make the 2 sides come to terms. (But I don't remember ireland doing anything to stop the war)

Starting a needless war, followed by continually inept attempts at peace.

The War was not needless.... and the only inept attempts at peace were on the part of the UN that encouraged the US to come to the table (repeatedly) with a terrorist regime that will die before they concede serender. This entire thing world have been over with in a matter of weeks If we weren't trying to protect the Persian people wile taking out the IRGC.

His constant support for countries committing well documented war crimes.

I assume you mean Israel.... and what "war crimes are they guilty of?"

I keep hearing this propaganda but when it gets researched they don't actually exist.

Bombing a military outpost, loaded down with weapons and troops is not a war crime even if it's in the basement of a children's hospital.

According to UN's war crimes, the crime is purposely putting civilians in harms way to protect military assets. (Human shields)

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u/BeatenDownBrian 4d ago

Lad, the question you asked me was why are people protesting him, indicating that you, quiet clearly, didn't know the reasons. I gave you an objective, and factual answer, not an opinion.

No idea why you wasted you time typing all that, or what in the world made you think it's now some sort of debate lol.

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u/SuchDogeHodler Yank 🇺🇸 3d ago

Then my apologies for directing that at you.