{"id":16523,"date":"2026-03-18T13:01:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?p=16523"},"modified":"2026-03-18T13:01:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:01:36","slug":"taoiseach-must-clarify-whether-state-visit-planned-for-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/taoiseach-must-clarify-whether-state-visit-planned-for-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Taoiseach must clarify whether state visit planned for Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Miche\u00e1l Martin must clarify if he formally invited US President Donald Trump to Ireland for a State visit later this year, according to Social Democrats foreign affairs spokesperson Patricia Stephenson.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Stephenson said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the Oval Office yesterday, US President Donald Trump said Miche\u00e1l Martin had told him he hoped that he came to Ireland later this year for the Irish open.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Trump is, of course, free to fly to Ireland and visit his hotel and golf course, this should not morph into a State visit \u2013 with all the pomp and expense that would entail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be outrageous if the government were to roll out a red carpet for a warmonger who has attacked seven different countries since he came into office just over a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMere weeks ago, Trump launched an unprovoked and illegal war in Iran, which is devastating the region and causing energy prices to soar for Irish consumers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny State visit would involve Trump being feted and celebrated in this country \u2013 and cost the Irish people an enormous sum of money. It would be unconscionable for any such visit to take place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Taoiseach must now clarify exactly what he said to Trump yesterday and rule out the prospect of any State visit taking place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>March 18th, 2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miche\u00e1l Martin must clarify if he formally invited US President Donald Trump to Ireland for a State visit later this year, according to Social Democrats foreign affairs spokesperson Patricia Stephenson. Senator Stephenson said: \u201cIn the Oval Office yesterday, US President Donald Trump said Miche\u00e1l Martin had told him he hoped that he came to Ireland [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[408,641,7,816],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-foreign-affairs","category-patricia-stephenson","category-press-release","category-us"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Taoiseach must clarify whether state visit planned for Trump - Social Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/taoiseach-must-clarify-whether-state-visit-planned-for-trump\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ga_IE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Taoiseach must clarify whether state visit planned for Trump - Social Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Miche\u00e1l Martin must clarify if he formally invited US President Donald Trump to Ireland for a State visit later this year, according to Social Democrats foreign affairs spokesperson Patricia Stephenson. 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