Justine McCarthy: Micheál Martin should go to Washington and remind Trump what Ireland stands for

And so it has come to pass. The lunatics have taken over the asylum. They’re holding God hostage while the Pope is hors de combat in hospital. They’ve denounced the Episcopal Bishop of Washington for imploring them to have mercy on the vulnerable. Their leader, who couldn’t lay his hand on the Bible when he took power after flogging copies of the book for profit, claims God saved his life from assassination so that he could save America. “America first” is his mission – and to hell with the rest of the world, unless, of course, his gang can make a fast buck by plonking a sun-sand-and-sexy resort on some patch of it.

The vindictive, serial-lying, thrice-married billionaire sexual assailant and convicted felon known as US president Donald Trump, has established a taskforce to “move heaven and earth” in defence against what he calls anti-Christian bias in the federal government. He has also set up a Faith Office in the White House run by his spiritual adviser, televangelist Paula White. He professes to love the Bible as much as he loves tariffs. He should read it.

“We have to bring religion back,” declares unrepentant Trump. “Let’s bring God back into our lives.” His Secretary of Def...
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