United States president Donald Trump received a courtesy visit from his ambassador to Ireland, Ed Walsh, as Air Force One sat on the tarmac at Shannon Airport on Thursday afternoon. Donald Trump made an infamous speech at Davos. US president Donald Trump on a video monitor as he addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos. So, you can start with a kerfuffle but in the end, the United States and Europe are great allies. The Trump administration works as an endless series of entirely unpredictable and, often, unconnected days.

Source: The Irish Times January 23, 2026 13:13 UTC