St. Patrick's Day prelude - March 16 at the White House, the Irish aren't looking forward to it ...

[OnDoutside]

The traditional St. Patrick's Day presentation of the bowl of Shamrock to the US President by the Irish Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, takes on a obviously different air, this year !

Enda, as with most/all Irish Prime Ministers, would much prefer to be meeting a Democratic President but alas that is not to be.

The meeting is especially awkward this time, back in June Kenny said this about candidate Trump

I'll meet Donald Trump and tell him why his views are racist and dangerous

Obviously, no more than any other Head of State, he is caught in difficult position now, but what many of you are probably unaware of, is that there are in excess of 250,000 undocumented Irish citizens in the US. Also, it is an embarrassment that there are so many Irish Americans within the Trump cabal.

On top of all that, Kenny is expected to announce his resignation date, upon his return to Ireland (his party need to get new young blood into leadership roles), but all of this happens the day the Trump Travel ban is supposed to kick in ! It ain't gonna be like it was before, that's for sure !!!

[tanyev]

1. Funny how Trump fans are not at all concerned about the undocumented Irish.

[OnDoutside]

2. Yes, you are so white....err I mean right !!! It's true though.

[AJT]

3. and there are a lot of undocumented Russians too

[FSogol]

4. In the 70s and 80s, there were 1 million undocumented Irish on the east coast of the US. When the

Irish economy took off, there was a reserve migration. I've read that there are only 50,000 undocumented Irish now.