The Uninvited Meddling: Trump's Ireland Comments Put Diplomatic Finesse to Test US President Donald Trump expressed his desire for a unified Ireland during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin in Dublin.
While the sentiment may have been well intentioned, its timing and context raise more questions than answers about America's role in European politics.
The Good Friday Agreement, brokered by the US in the 1990s, brought an end to decades of violence in Northern Ireland through a delicate balance of power between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom.