
US President Trump arrives in Ireland for a two-day visit, balancing local economic appreciation in Doonbeg with broader national unpopularity.
US President Donald Trump arrives in Ireland for a two-day visit, stopping at his Doonbeg golf resort for the Irish Open, drawing local economic praise but widespread national opposition.
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Donald Trump owns a golf resort in Doonbeg, Ireland, which is hosting the Irish Open.
In the windswept village of Doonbeg on Ireland’s Atlantic coast, Donald Trump is less polarising US president and more golf resort owner credited with bringing jobs and money to a remote corner of the country.
Trump arrives in Ireland on Saturday for a two-day visit, stopping for a few hours in Dublin before heading west to his Trump International Golf Links, where the Irish Open began Thursday.
The tournament is set to draw up to 75,000 spectators to the links course, set among towering dunes on a rugged stretch of County Clare coastline.
The 80-year-old American president is expected to attend the tournament over the weekend and present the trophy after Sunday’s final round.
Despite some villagers’ appreciation for the resort’s economic benefits, his arrival is drawing opposition further afield in Ireland, where Trump remains deeply unpopular.
More than two-thirds of Irish people do not welcome the visit, according to a Sunday Independent / Ireland Thinks poll reported last week.
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Trump will attend the tournament over the weekend and present the trophy after Sunday's final round.
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