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Trump visit: Emmanuel Macron says US ‘is never so great as when it fights for universal values’ in pointed D-Day speech

Follow along for our coverage of Trump's visit to France, as it happened

Clark Mindock
New York
,Zamira Rahim
Thursday 06 June 2019 13:11 EDT
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Donald Trump says he knows most of the millions of Irish people in America

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Donald Trump have toured the beaches of Normandy to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, hours after causing outrage in Ireland with his remarks about the country’s border with Northern Ireland.

“We have a border situation in the United States, and you have one over here,” the US president said during a meeting on Wednesday with Leo Varadkar, the Irish prime minister.

“But I hear it’s going to work out very well here,” Mr Trump, who is scheduled to return to Ireland after his France visit, continued.

In commenting about the historically contentious Irish border, Mr Trump appeared to be comparing the Brexit debate over Ireland and Northern Ireland with his attempts to curb immigration by building a wall on the US-Mexico border.

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His speech came while touring the beaches and will also visit a US military cemetery in the area.

Mr Trump then returned to Ireland, where just the night before his two adult sons — Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump — were seen bar hopping.

The US president is expected to head home later this week, where he will once again be battling with a Congress that is actively investigating his 2016 campaign.

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Another breathtaking moment:

Clark Mindock6 June 2019 22:00
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That's it for us for today! Thanks for reading along.

Clark Mindock7 June 2019 00:16

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