The Dublin-based rock band U2 just released a tribute song dedicated to Renee Good, the anti-ICE activist who was killed during an altercation with ICE officers in Minneapolis last month.
The song “American Obituary,” part of the six-track EP “U2 Days of Ash,” debuted on Wednesday, according to <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/02/19/us-news/u2-american-obituary-song-invokes-renee-nicole-good-ice-shooting-in-days-of-ash-ep/">The New York Post</a>. 
“Renee Good born to die free/American mother of three/ Seventh day January/ A bullet for еach child, you see,” the lyrics say in part.
“The color of her eyе/ 930 Minneapolis/ To desecrate domestic bliss/ Three bullets blast, three babies kissed/ Renee the domestic terrorist???”
The refrain says: “What you can’t kill can&#8217;t die/ America will rise/ Against the people of the lie/ I love you more/ Than hate loves war.”
U2 lead singer Bono <a href="https://propaganda.u2.com/">described</a> the new release as a “song of fury… but more than that a song of grief” in a statement <a href="https://propaganda.u2.com/">published</a> on the band’s digital fanzine, which is called “Propaganda.”
“Not just for Renee but for the death of an America that at the very least would have had an inquiry into her killing… for her family as well as the credibility of law enforcement and the critical role they play in keeping the peace, keeping the citizenry safe,” the singer said. 
He also tried to explain why he, an Irishman, is involving himself in American politics.
“U2’s been banging on about America most of our artistic life… this is a country we love and has loved us back. Amazingly,” Bono said. “Americans for the most part have given U2 and me in particular permission to mouth off… And on this stuff I think people know that I’ve been an equal opportunity pest on the left as well as the right.”
Despite these attempts to justify the song, the Irish recording artist got blasted on social media.
“It appears Ireland has stronger illegal immigration laws than the U.S. Maybe U2 could sing a song about that,” an X user <a href="https://x.com/clayton_be61039/status/2024288299825668277">replied</a>.
“As an American, I can comfortably say, I don’t give a sh** what any band thinks…especially a foreign band,” another commenter <a href="https://x.com/TexasExec16/status/2024308019928990078">agreed</a>.
“No songs dedicated to all the victims killed by illegal aliens …. Hmmm,” another <a href="https://x.com/Antillothegreat/status/2024288247870812644">observed</a>.
This is the second recently released mainstream “protest song” dedicated to anti-ICE sentiment. Far-left activist singer Bruce Springsteen <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bruce-springsteen-releases-cringe-protest-song-about-minneapolis">released</a> “Streets of Minneapolis” in January after spending one day writing it. That song was also mocked online.

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An Irishman who has become the center of the Left&#8217;s campaign against the Trump administration&#8217;s deportations reportedly &#8220;abandoned&#8221; his twin daughters back in Ireland, where he also apparently faces drug charges.
The twin daughters of Irish illegal immigrant Séamus Culleton made the shocking claim in a recent interview with the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15561001/Hes-Irish-illegal-immigrant-claims-hes-victim-Trumps-ICE-crackdown-twin-daughters-home-say-abandoned-toddlers-return-face-drug-charges.html">Irish Daily Mail</a> and are now advocating for his deportation from the United States.
Culleton has become the center of the immigration debate in the United States after he called in to RTE radio to <a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0209/1557514-seamus-culleton-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decry</a> his conditions in ICE detention as &#8220;torture,&#8221; adding: &#8220;I just don&#8217;t know how much more I can take.&#8221;
His 18-year-old twin daughters, Melissa and Heather Morrissey, told the Irish Daily Mail Sunday that Culleton &#8220;is not the man he seems&#8221; and that his claims of doing &#8220;no wrong&#8221; aren&#8217;t true since he reportedly has drug charges awaiting him in Ireland.
&#8220;I think he should come back here and he should get arrested,&#8221; Heather said.
The girls said Culleton left them in the dust to build a new life in the United States without ever giving &#8220;a penny&#8221; to their mother to support them.
In 2008, Culleton was charged with drug possession with intent for sale or supply, drug possession for personal consumption and obstructing authorities, the Irish Daily Mail recently reported.
Culleton failed to appear in court and he fled the area before a warrant could be issued, according to the report.
He appeared in the same court in April 2008 for being &#8220;extremely drunk&#8221; in public, the paper reported.
&#8220;He was making himself out to be a saint like he’s done nothing wrong, like he knows that there are warrants here for his arrest and that was going to come out,&#8221; Heather said.
&#8220;How did he not know that? He went to the news. People [can] go and find this. … It’s public knowledge.&#8221;
In response to Culleton&#8217;s recent radio call-in, Heather said she felt &#8220;shocked.&#8221;
&#8220;I am sorry now but I just think it’s so funny how he can ring the news and Tiffany [Culleton’s wife] and his sister but couldn’t ring me or my sister,&#8221; Heather said. &#8220;He rang me the first day he got locked up because I asked his sister to ask him to ring me. I had to ask him to ring me.&#8221;
&#8220;He told me that he got detained by ICE … he doesn’t know when he’s going to get out. That was about it. I haven’t heard from him since then,&#8221; she added.
Heather also said she asked Culleton&#8217;s sister to inform him that Melissa was pregnant, but &#8220;my sister hasn&#8217;t heard from him,&#8221; she said.
&#8220;I feel that we were born and he just up and left. He did abandon us. That’s what he did,&#8221; Heather said.
The twins were told that Culleton was their father when they were 12 years old, Heather said.
They were able to text him since they didn&#8217;t receive a reply to their Facebook messages.
&#8220;We then texted him and basically said, &#8216;You never reached out, and we never heard from you&#8217; and all that kind of stuff,&#8221; Heather said.
She continued: &#8220;He just said that he thought we wouldn’t want to hear from him and all that kind of just silly stuff, really. And then we got afraid, in case our mom would see it on our phone. So we just blocked him.&#8221;
When they were about 15 or 16, the twins tried again to reach Culleton, Heather said.
&#8220;He’d be texting on and off, he’d be texting, &#8216;how are you&#8217; and all this. He asked us if we were coming to see him and then I asked him if he was going to come over to see us instead, instead of us going all the way over there, and he said &#8216;no&#8217; and that he was never coming back here,&#8221; she said.
Culleton &#8220;gave us €1,000 each&#8221; for their 18th birthday last year, Melissa said, adding that it was &#8220;only because we contacted him first and asked for a birthday present as a joke.&#8221;
The girls were outraged when they saw Culleton&#8217;s latest fundraising campaign, which has raised more than $30,000 for his legal fees, they said.
They also decried statements from Culleton&#8217;s wife, Tiffany Smyth, an American citizen, who said she wanted her husband home with her and her dogs, which she referred to as her &#8220;babies.&#8221;
&#8220;They’re dogs. I understand people love animals and all that, but he has children. His dogs aren’t his children,&#8221; Heather said.
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🚨 In today’s Irish Mail on Sunday, we tracked down the estranged daughter’s of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ICE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ICE</a> detainee Seamus Culleton. 
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ICE arrested Culleton on Sept. 9, a day before an immigration judge issued him a final deportation order, <a href="https://x.com/8USC12/status/2021375736976900472?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
He entered the United States in 2009 under a visa waiver program that allowed him to stay for a period of 90 days. Culleton, however, never left.
Federal authorities &#8220;offered&#8221; Culleton &#8220;the chance to instantly be removed to Ireland,&#8221; but instead he &#8220;chose to stay in ICE custody,&#8221; DHS said.
&#8220;Being in detention is a choice. We encourage all illegal aliens to use the CBP Home app to take control of their departure. The United States is offering illegal aliens $2,600 and a free flight to self-deport now,&#8221; Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin wrote on X of Culleton&#8217;s case.
&#8220;We encourage every person here illegally to take advantage of this offer and reserve the chance to come back to the U.S. the right legal way to live the American dream. If not, you will be arrested and deported without a chance to return,&#8221; she added.

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The former president of Ireland, Mary McAleese, has claimed baptism denies babies their human rights.
Her comments were highlighted in an article in the <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/01/11/mary-mcaleese-baptism-is-a-key-catholic-recruitment-tool-it-denies-babies-their-human-rights/">Irish Times</a> with the headline: “Mary McAleese: Baptism denies babies their human rights.”
This woman is nominally Catholic, but doesn’t agree with the teaching or practice of the Catholic Church. I believe she is a canon lawyer, but somehow she was radicalized. She also says this is the real issue we need to focus on — the great injustice in the world today.
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No one is Catholic by birth and the notion of ‘Baptismal promises’ is risible, writes Mary McAleese <a href="https://t.co/8WopKFeMhi">https://t.co/8WopKFeMhi</a>
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She’s not a prelate. She’s not a theologian. She’s a politician. And she says the real injustice, the real violation of human rights in our world, is not immigration, not foreign policy, not the economy, not how we treat the poor. It’s not even abortion, the wholesale slaughter of little babies, no — it’s baptism.
It’s difficult to see how one arrives at that conclusion or that obsession without demonic influence. Now, I’m not someone who says there’s a demon under every rock. We live in a world where the material and immaterial are not totally separable, nevertheless, I’m not demon-hunting all the time.
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It’s very difficult to understand how the former president of Ireland can say the great human rights violation of our time is baptizing babies. Because it is supposedly “bad.&#8221;
One could try to give her the benefit of the doubt. Maybe you could argue that infant baptism is technically a violation of human rights because, after the Fall, humans deserve death. Sin and death pervade the world, and in our fallen nature what we deserve is death, and baptism saves us from death.
Many people have different views of baptism, but you do see it in Scripture. Our Lord <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2019%3A14&amp;version=RSVCE">says</a>, “Let the little children come to Me.” You see baptisms of children in the book of Acts multiple times. In 1 Peter 3:21, <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Peter%203%3A20-22&amp;version=NKJV">Saint Peter essentially says</a> baptism now saves you. There are many theological discussions about what that means exactly, but baptism is what demarcates us as Christians. Plenty of people disagree with infant baptism, but it is the traditional practice of the Catholic Church.
But setting those theological debates aside, the closest one could get to her argument is that baptism denies babies their human rights insofar as it saves them from the consequences of the Fall of man. And that’s a good thing. Isn’t that a good thing?
My last point: this woman, who says baptism violates babies’ human rights, supports abortion. She supports legally murdering babies in the womb, but not baptizing them once they are born. The only way to reach that conclusion is either to follow the perversity of liberalism to its end, or through demonic influence. I don’t see any other explanation.
And it really makes me raise an eyebrow at other Left-wing politicians.

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Ireland has long been divided along religious lines — Protestant Northern Ireland and the Catholic Republic of Ireland, both of which hold that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior, have often been at odds — but the nation&#8217;s new president, Catherine Connolly, omitted Jesus entirely from her Christmas message.
Connolly&#8217;s message, posted via X, was broadly mocked for its focus on things that had nothing to do with the Christmas season, much less the Christ whose birth is being celebrated. Instead, Connolly spoke of climate change, voiced support for a Palestinian state, and praised &#8220;diversity.&#8221;
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In this, my first Christmas message as President of Ireland I would like to wish each of you, here in Ireland and abroad, a very happy and joyful Christmas and a peaceful New Year. <a href="https://t.co/V1Tbt6fIyH">pic.twitter.com/V1Tbt6fIyH</a>
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&#8220;In this, my first Christmas message as President of Ireland, I would like to wish each of you, here in Ireland and abroad, a very happy and joyful Christmas and a peaceful New Year,&#8221; Connolly began. &#8220;In these final days of December, as we pass through the Winter Solstice and witness the darkest day of the year, slowly but surely the days will lengthen again.&#8221;
&#8220;Christmas invites us to reflect on the values that truly matter: kindness, tolerance, respect for each other&#8217;s differences,&#8221; she continued, pausing to reflect on the number of people worldwide who were facing the impact of &#8220;interconnected crises&#8221; such as war, displacement, and climate change.
&#8220;In particular, we think of the people of Palestine, Ukraine, and Sudan, our own history marked by forced immigration and loss gives us a lived understanding of the brutal realities of dispossession, hunger, and war,&#8221; she said, thanking first responders and the military for their service through the holidays and the rest of the year and calling on everyone to raise their voices in celebration of &#8220;diversity&#8221; and &#8220;champion sustainable solutions to the climate crisis.&#8221;
Irish radio and television host Niall Boylan raised the <a href="https://x.com/Niall_Boylan/status/2003173527902441547">obvious point</a>: &#8220;I’m not a believer in religion myself but surely it might be respectful to give the birth of Jesus a quick mention. Suppose that’s not her thing. She’s only president of a Catholic country after all.&#8221;
&#8220;The word Jesus seems to be missing here,&#8221; a retired London police officer <a href="https://x.com/NormanBrennan/status/2003103503728689366">added</a>. &#8220;Along with the 1,200 Assassinated Innocent Israeli victims? Wouldn’t it be nice for once for political leaders to give a Christmas Message from the [heart] rather than a written one read from a Lectern? Many can read a script much better from the [heart].&#8221;

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The Irish government, which has openly displayed its hatred for Israel in recent years, took another step targeting the Jewish state, becoming the first country in Europe to introduce legislation forbidding imports from the Biblical areas of Judea and Samaria.
Irish Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister and former Prime Minister Simon Harris introduced a bill titled the General Scheme of the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill. It was passed by the Irish government and now must be approved by the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade for Pre-Legislative Scrutiny, the Jerusalem Post <a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-859160">reported</a>.
“The situation in Palestine remains a matter of deep public concern,” Harris declared. “I have made it consistently clear that this Government will use all levers at its disposal to address the horrifying situation on the ground and to contribute to long-term efforts to achieve a sustainable peace on the basis of the two-state solution.”
“Ireland is speaking up and speaking out against the genocidal activity in Gaza,” Harris told reporters, urging other countries to echo Ireland’s actions as he said, “every country must pull every lever at its disposal.”
Former Justice and Equality Minister and Defense Minister Alan Shatter ripped Harris on X, writing, “Only Simon Harris and our current government could be so foolish as to create the acronym PIGS to reference a new law that targets &amp; boycotts Jewish-produced goods. &#8230; The gov has now proudly published its own farcical version of the Occupied Territories Bill (OTB), the first time since the defeat of Nazi Germany that any European gov has promoted a law to specifically boycott Jewish produced goods &amp; criminalise those who import them.”
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“Only Simon Harris &amp; our current gov cld be so foolish as to create the acronym PIGS to reference a new law that targets &amp; boycotts Jewish produced goods.” Explainer. The gov has now proudly published its own farcical version of the Occupied Territories Bill (OTB), the first… <a href="https://t.co/dMw7T4tlZX">https://t.co/dMw7T4tlZX</a>
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Last December, Gideon Sa’ar, Israel’s Foreign Minister, announced Israel would <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/15/europe/israel-ireland-embassy-closure-intl/index.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20actions%20and%20antisemitic%20rhetoric,to%20a%20foreign%20ministry%20statement.">close its embassy</a> in Ireland, citing Ireland’s “extreme anti-Israel policies.”
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Ireland’s Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Simon Harris reacted, “This is a deeply regrettable decision from the Netanyahu government. I utterly reject the assertion that Ireland is anti-Israel. Ireland is pro-peace, pro-human rights and pro-International law.”
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This is a deeply regrettable decision from the Netanyahu government. I utterly reject the assertion that Ireland is anti-Israel. Ireland is pro-peace, pro-human rights and pro-International law. <a href="https://t.co/rDga5GpT3u">https://t.co/rDga5GpT3u</a>
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Despite Harris’ protestations that Ireland’s government is not anti-Israel, the evidence suggests otherwise.
In February 2024, then-Taoiseach Leo Varadkar <a href="https://www.breakingnews.ie/israel-hamas/leo-varadkar-says-israel-has-become-blinded-by-rage-1588287.html">denounced</a> a possible Israeli operation into the Hamas stronghold in Rafah, saying it would be a “gross violation of international law on top of all the other violations of international law which Israel is responsible for.” He continued by ripping Israel for not bowing to the wishes of outsiders, saying, “It’s very, very clear to me though, that Israel is not listening to any country in the world, I don’t even think they’re listening to the Americans anymore. They have become blinded by rage.”
In May 2024, only days after Harris declared, “I abhor the actions of the Netanyahu government regarding what is happening in the Middle East,” Ireland officially <a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/05/28/spain-norway-ireland-officially-recognize-palestinian-state-denmarks-parliament-rejects-proposal/">recognized</a> a “Palestinian state.” Harris stated, “The government recognizes Palestine as a sovereign and independent state and agreed to establish full diplomatic relations between Dublin and Ramallah. We had wanted to recognize Palestine at the end of a peace process. However, we have made this move alongside Spain and Norway to keep the miracle of peace alive.”
On November 7, the Irish parliament <a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/11/07/irish-parliament-passes-motion-accusing-israel-genocide-gaza-dublins-hostility-jewish-state-mounts/">passed</a> a non-binding motion attacking Israel, stating, “genocide is being perpetrated before our eyes by Israel in Gaza.”
Ireland <a href="https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/12/11/738927/Ireland-formally-joins-South-African-genocide-case-Israel-ICJ">joined</a> South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Looking into the past, in 1996, Ireland finally permitted an Israeli embassy in its country; it was the <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/03/14/1233395830/ireland-pro-palestinian">last country</a> in the European Union to open an Israeli embassy in its own country.
As far back as 1945, within days of Adolf Hitler’s suicide on April 30, 1945, Ireland’s Taoiseach Éamon de Valera <a href="https://historyireland.com/de-valera-hitler-the-visit-of-condolence-may-1945/">called on</a> Eduard Hempel, the Nazi minister to Ireland, to &#8220;express his condolences.&#8221; He <a href="https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-761886">said</a>, “I certainly was not going to add to his [Hempel’s] humiliation in the hour of defeat.”

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Former UFC champion and Irish businessman Conor McGregor stopped by the White House on Monday and send well wishes to Americans on St. Patrick&#8217;s Day.
In a clip shared on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHTXl3sRk6k/?igsh=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA%3D%3D">Instagram</a> by the White House, McGregor — who traveled to Washington, D.C., to speak with President Donald Trump about issues facing Ireland — stepped out all decked out in a green pin-striped suit and matching green tie and said, “Happy St. Paddy’s Day America.”
President Trump later posted a photo on <a href="https://x.com/POTUS/status/1901714538384548258">X</a> from their meeting in the Oval Office. In the snap, Trump was sitting behind the Resolute Desk with McGregor and the two shared a hug.
In a clip from their <a href="https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1901706850929635545">meeting</a>, McGregor tells Trump, “I&#8217;ll tell you what. Your work ethic is inspiring.&#8221;
Earlier in the day, the UFC fighter spoke to <a href="https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1901656188565311644">members of the media</a> and talked about the concerns Ireland faces when it comes to immigration.
&#8220;Our government has long since abandoned the voices of the people of Ireland,” McGregor told the press. “And it’s high time that America is made aware of what is going on in Ireland.”
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“What is going on in Ireland is a travesty,” he added. “Our government is the government of zero action with zero accountability. Our money is being spent on overseas issues that have nothing to do with the Irish people.”
“The illegal immigration racket is running ravaged on the country,” the UFC champ continued. “There are rural towns in Ireland that have been overrun in one swoop, that have become a minority in one swoop. So, issues need to be addressed.”
McGregor said that the millions of Irish Americans living in the United States need to know about what has been happening in Ireland because if not, “there will be no place to come home and visit.”
“Ireland is at the cusp of potentially losing its Irishness,” he said. “And I’m here to raise the issue and highlight it.”
Last week, Ireland’s Prime Minister Micheal Martin flew to the United States to meet with Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance at the White House to discuss the two countries’ relationships and goals.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/whats-with-these-socks-trump-pokes-fun-at-vp-in-oval-office-meeting">A clip from</a> that Oval Office meeting later went viral after the president poked some fun at Vance&#8217;s wardrobe choice for the day, showing him wearing socks with green shamrocks scattered throughout.
“I have to just, speak of inflation, I love these socks,” Trump told the press, as he pointed at Vance’s feet. “What’s with these socks?”
“I’m trying to stay focused, but I’m very impressed with the VP’s socks,” he added, while the Vice President completely cracked up and couldn’t stop laughing.
Martin also seemed to think Trump’s comments were funny, and enjoyed a laugh about the ribbing the president gave to Vance.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ufc-star-conor-mcgregor-warns-trump-of-illegal-immigration-racket-in-ireland" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFC Star Conor McGregor Warns Trump Of ‘Illegal Immigration Racket’ In Ireland</a>

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President Donald Trump said this week that he will remain flexible on his economic policy, especially as it relates to tariffs, because he wants to have the ability to make adjustments as needed.
Trump made the remarks while speaking to reporters inside the Oval Office on Wednesday during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin.
The remarks were featured in an exchange with a reporter from NBC News, which Trump slammed as &#8220;one of the worst networks on television.&#8221;
&#8220;Let me just tell you, I have the right to adjust,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And I was called by the automakers, as an example, General Motors, Ford, etc&#8230;, the big three, the big four, and they asked me to do them a favor. Could I delay it for a period of four weeks so that they&#8217;re not driven into a little bit of a disaster for them? They actually love what I&#8217;m doing, but they had a problem. And I&#8217;m not like a block that just &#8216;I won&#8217;t delay,&#8217; it&#8217;s called flexibility. It&#8217;s not called inconsistency. It&#8217;s called flexibility. And I think you want me to be flexible to.&#8221;
He said that while he remains flexible on the issue for now, there will be little flexibility once the tariffs start.
&#8220;April 2nd is going to be a very big day for the United States of America,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The United States of America is going to take back a lot of what was stolen from it by other countries and by frankly, incompetent US leadership, grossly incompetent.&#8221;
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POTUS: &quot;The United States of America is going to take back a lot of what was stolen from it by other countries and, frankly, by incompetent U.S. leadership&#8230; We&#39;re going to take back our wealth and we&#39;re take back a lot of the companies that left.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/Uy9F0AnP39">pic.twitter.com/Uy9F0AnP39</a>
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Trump then shifted to talking about U.S. immigration policy and the millions of people that former President Joe Biden let into the country over his four years in office.
&#8220;So look, we, this country, needed somebody to defend it,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s this big, beautiful place that was being ripped off by by illegal immigrants coming in from prisons, coming in from mental institutions, gang members, gang leaders, drug dealers, pouring into our country with the open borders.&#8221;
&#8220;I am so angry at the last four years of what they&#8217;ve done to our country, what they&#8217;ve done to this country, between inflation, but maybe the most that bothers me is that they would allow millions of people to come into our country that are stone cold, murderers, killers, drug dealers, the worst gang members, the worst people allowed into our country,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And we&#8217;re now getting them out. We&#8217;re going to get them out. We&#8217;re getting them out.&#8221;

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President Donald Trump ripped the &#8220;stupid&#8221; political leaders in the United States on Wednesday during a meeting in the Oval Office with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin.
Trump made the remarks after stating that the entire reason the European Union was created was to &#8220;take advantage of the United States.&#8221;
The president said that Ireland was one of the countries that was taking advantage of the U.S. but that he had respect for them for doing so because that&#8217;s what he would have done if he was in their position.
&#8220;But the United States shouldn&#8217;t have let it happen,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;We had stupid leaders. We had leaders that didn&#8217;t have a clue, or, let&#8217;s say they weren&#8217;t business people, but they didn&#8217;t have a clue what was happening.&#8221;
&#8220;And all of a sudden, Ireland has our pharmaceutical companies and other [companies], this beautiful island of 5 million people, it&#8217;s got the entire US pharmaceutical industry in its grips,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I&#8217;d like to see the United States not have been so stupid for so many years, not just with Ireland, with everybody.&#8221;
Trump said that one of the main reasons that he decided to run for president in the first place was he was looking at trade deals and he believed that the U.S. was being ripped off.
&#8220;I decided I had to do this because somebody had to straighten it out,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And I didn&#8217;t see anybody that was going to. I looked at trade deals that were so bad I&#8217;d actually say, &#8216;How is it possible that this could have happened? Who would have been so stupid to let these deals happen?'&#8221;
The president said that with respect to Ireland, he would have told U.S. pharmaceutical companies that they could go to Ireland if they wanted to, but he would hit them with a 200% tariff on their products if they did, ensuring that they would never be able to sell to the U.S. market.
&#8220;You know what they would have done? They would have stayed here,&#8221; he concluded.
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POTUS: &#8220;The EU was set up to take advantage of the United States&#8230; I&#8217;d like to see the United States not have been so stupid for so many years&#8230; When the pharmaceutical companies started going to Ireland, I would have said that&#8217;s okay &#8212; but if you want to sell anything into… <a href="https://t.co/ohTjMrJjkR">pic.twitter.com/ohTjMrJjkR</a>
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President Donald Trump poked some fun at Vice President JD Vance’s wardrobe choice on Wednesday during an Oval Office meeting with Ireland’s Prime Minister Micheal Martin.
In a video posted on <a href="https://x.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1899854196595147052">X</a> from Daily Wire’s White House correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan, Trump, Vance and Martin could be seen holding a press briefing while discussing the two countries’ relationships and goals.
The 47th President of the United States made it clear he was distracted by Vance’s cream-colored socks with green shamrocks scattered throughout.
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“I have to just, speak of inflation, I love these socks,” Trump told the press, as he pointed at Vance’s feet. “What’s with these socks?”
“I’m trying to stay focused, but I’m very impressed with the VP’s socks,” he added, while the Vice President completely cracked up and couldn’t stop laughing.
The Irish leader also seemed to think Trump’s comments were funny, and enjoyed a laugh about the ribbing the president gave to Vance.
The Daily Wire WH correspondent captioned her post with the video, “Aaand Trump allegedly loves the socks.&#8221;
Ahead of the meeting, <a href="https://x.com/NewstalkFM/status/1899818161819505118">Vance</a> seemed to have an inkling that Trump might notice those festive socks when he gave remarks at a St. Patrick&#8217;s Day breakfast attended by Martin.
“One of the things that we try to do with this breakfast is remind people of the important bonds of friendship between the United States and Ireland,” Vance said, adding that it was a great opportunity to break out the green clothing and shamrock-printed items.
“The president is a very big fan of conservative dress,” he added. “So, if he notices these socks, you [Martin] have to defend me and you’ve got to say this is an important part of cementing the Irish-American relationship.”
At one point during the <a href="https://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1899867196639064251">Oval Office</a> gathering, Trump also weighed in on the news that Rosie O’Donnell had moved to Ireland following Trump’s victory, after a reporter asked the Prime Minister how he could let O’Donnell move there. O&#8217;Donnell and Trump have had battles in the past.
“Ireland is known for its very happy, fun-loving people. Great attitude, many of them in this room right now that I’ve met. Why in the world would you let Rosie O’Donnell move to Ireland? I think she is going to lower your happiness level,” the reporter said to Martin, who definitely seemed unaware about what he was asking.
“Thank you,” Trump said. “I like that question.”
“Do you know you have Rosie O’Donnell? Do you know who she is?” Trump asked Martin. “You’re better off not knowing,” the president quipped. 
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WASHINGTON—Vice President JD Vance hosted Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin at the vice presidential residence on Wednesday morning, kicking off Martin&#8217;s visit to the United States capital.
The vice president and second lady Usha Vance greeted Martin and his wife outside the Naval Observatory around 9:00 a.m., after the Vance children had already left for school. Irish music played as the Martins and Vances headed inside, and Vance and Martin each delivered brief remarks as their guests dined on Irish fare.
The Daily Wire spotted Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in attendance, as well as Maine Senator Susan Collins, a Republican. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and his wife attended the breakfast as well.
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Good morning from <a href="https://twitter.com/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VP</a>’s residence, where the Taoiseach of Ireland will soon arrive for St. Patrick’s Day breakfast with Vice President Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance. <a href="https://t.co/0puXkEGp3X">pic.twitter.com/0puXkEGp3X</a>
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&#8220;One of the things that we try to do with this breakfast is just remind people of the important bonds of friendship between the United States and Ireland,&#8221; explained Vance. &#8220;I think it&#8217;s a great opportunity to do that.&#8221;
Vance also joked about his wife wearing green pants and his own socks with shamrocks on them.
&#8220;When we meet, later in the Oval Office, to the Taoiseach, the president is a very big fan of conservative dress. So if he notices these socks, you have to defend me,&#8221; the vice president said, as those attending the breakfast laughed. &#8220;You have to say this is an important part of cementing the Irish-American relationship.&#8221;
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On the lawn at the <a href="https://twitter.com/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VP</a>’s residence: a playhouse and swing for the Vance kids! <a href="https://t.co/8zIB1UngTY">pic.twitter.com/8zIB1UngTY</a>
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For his part, Martin thanked the Vances for hosting the breakfast and emphasized the importance of the relationship between the United States and Ireland.
“We know that building peace is a difficult and painstaking task, and we are ready to play our part to support the work to end conflict and to secure peace in the Ukraine,” Martin said.
After the breakfast, the Irish delegation headed to the White House to meet with President Donald Trump. During a meeting in the Oval Office, Martin praised Trump&#8217;s handling of the peace initiatives, calling the war in Ukraine &#8220;devastating&#8221; and expressing himself &#8220;shocked at the prospect of young people losing their lives in that number.&#8221; 
&#8220;Anything we can do to stop the violence is an extremely positive thing,&#8221; the Irish Taoiseach said. 
Later today, Trump will participate in a &#8220;Friends of Ireland Luncheon&#8221; at the U.S. Capitol, before he hosts a St. Patrick&#8217;s Day Reception at the White House.

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Rosie O’Donnell finally confirmed rumors that she moved out of the United States following President Donald Trump’s victory as she called out legacy media for not doing their job.
In a nearly ten-minute long video posted on Tuesday on <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@rosie/video/7480502460596079918">TikTok</a>, the 62-year-old TV personality/comedian and vocal supporter of the Democratic Party said on January 15, before Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, she and her 12-year-old daughter Dakota &#8212; who now goes by Clay &#8212; moved to Ireland.
“It’s been pretty wonderful, I have to say. The people are so loving and so kind, so welcoming and I’m very grateful,” O’Donnell said, noting that she decided to move because it “would be the best for myself and my 12-year-old child.”
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“I’m happy. Clay is happy,” she added. “I miss my other kids. I miss my friends. I miss many things about life there at home and I’m trying to find a home here in this beautiful country and when it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights there in America, that’s when we will consider coming back.”
“It’s been heartbreaking to see what’s happening politically and hard for me personally as well. The personal is political, as we all know,” O’Donnell continued, subtly referencing her past battles with Trump.
Without naming Trump, the former host of “The View” said the move out of the United States was something she just felt like she and her child “needed to take care of ourselves and make some hard decisions and follow through.”
O’Donnell said that the legacy media in America “has been letting us all down” and “haven’t been doing their job,” which she said they are required to do “in order to maintain a democracy.” The comedian also claimed the only place a person can get news about “protests and what not” was on TikTok, without explaining further.
“So, here’s hoping that they [media] will get better before it’s too late,” O’Donnell said. “And here’s hoping that it’s not too late already. Protect your sanity is all I can say. Protect your sanity as much as you can, and try not to swim in the chaos if possible. But I know it’s nearly impossible when you’re there in the middle of it.&#8221;
“I think about everyone every day and the United States of America,” she added. “And I am hoping that we can turn things around, counting on you, all of you, to do what’s right. And I think deep down inside, we all know what that is.”
O’Donnell has five children through adoption since 1995: Parker, 29, Chelsea, 27, Blake, 25, Vivienne, 22, and Dakota, 12, <a href="https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/733825/rosie-odonnell-children-what-to-know-estranged-daughter-chelsea/">Hello! magazine</a> noted.

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