Is Donald Trump wrong to suggest a United Ireland?
US President Donald Trump said during a September 2026 visit to Dublin that he would love to see a united Ireland, describing it as fantastic, inevitable and something that may as well happen now. This breaks with decades of US neutrality on the issue under the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which requires majority consent in Northern Ireland for any change in its constitutional status. UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said a referendum on unification is off the table.
25 Opinions
Irish people have the say. Not those who have left either. When do England get the vote ??
Trump expressed an opinion, obviously it will be down to the people to decide.
In principle No. But it is for the people of Ireland Republic & Northern to decide what they want & nobody else. Trump was just stirring it up.
I think this will eventually be inevitable, it was after all part of the GFA. Whether it's anything to do with Trump is debatable, but on this he was almost right!
It’s down to the Irish to decide what they want`
Having an American blowhard barge into Dublin and treat a fragile constitutional balance like a cheap soundbite for applause is staggeringly reckless. Trump doesn't know the history, and quite frankly doesn't understand the sectarian divide
Donald Trump comments where unwarranted there is no united front in Ireland on this, it is merely a destabilising. If there ever comes a time that Ireland wishes to unite it is up to the people and leaders of the countries to say so.
It's none of his business. A united Ireland can only come from the mandate of the Irish people.
Irish unification should be the decision of the people of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, not the Paedophile in charge of the USA.
In such a politically volatile situation, Trump's off the cuff opinions are deeply unwelcome. Press conferences aren't the correct forum for this discussion, even if it is an ongoing issue.