It’s a cheaper deal than Canada or Greenland, and the altitude should help Trump with his golf swing.
It’s very cold on Mars, but there’s an opening for Trump to get into the fur trade. Perhaps his friendship with Musk is all based on potential profits on Mars.
Sounds bonkers, but that’s the currency now in the White House.
Joseph Kiely, Letterkenny, Co Donegal
Donald Trump is convinced world leaders are “kissing my ass”.
Is that the reason why the stock markets were plunging towards the bottom?
Noel Kelly, Doonbeg, Co Clare
The recent imposition of sweeping tariffs by Donald Trump is yet another reminder, if one were needed, that American foreign and economic policy are driven first and foremost by naked self-interest.
This is not a new development, but rather an emboldened reaffirmation of a long-standing, transactional world view that prizes advantage over alliance and profit over principle.
In this light, Ireland’s long-held position of military neutrality appears not only principled but perfectly logical.
Calls to abandon neutrality in favour of deeper integration in military alliances such as Nato are often made on the assumption that we are joining a club of like-minded democracies that act in concert for the common good.
But the Trump-era vision of American leadership, one that is unpredictable, unilateralist and fundamentally self-serving, undermines this assumption.
If we align ourselves militarily with a superpower leader who prioritises American economic interests above all else, we risk being drawn into conflicts that serve those interests, not ours.
If Donald Trump’s unilateral actions result in a world war, as some experts have predicted, do we really want to send Irish troops into harm’s way for the sake of defending American commercial dominance?
Rather than diminishing the case for neutrality, recent developments have amplified it.
America earned its leadership role through real contributions to global development and security. Until that spirit re-emerges, ...
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