Enda Kenny in U-turn on ‘racist’ Donald Trump

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has back-tracked on his claim last year that Donald Trump’s policies are “racist and dangerous”, saying it “doesn’t follow at all” that he believes the US president himself is racist.

Speaking on the eve of the meeting between the two leaders at the White House today, marking the first formal meeting of an EU27 leader and Mr Trump, Mr Kenny refused to say if he stands over his previous claims.

Despite continuing criticism of Mr Trump’s tenure and the implementation of his revised de facto Muslim travel ban today, Mr Kenny claimed yesterday his May 31, 2016 Dáil comments were “not related to his [Mr Trump’s] personality”.