Taoiseach’s visit to White House: Enda Kenny to fly the flag for Europe

IN a curious twist of fate, the Taoiseach will be the flagbearer of the EU when he meets President Trump at the White House today. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was to have met the President yesterday but snow storms in the US have delayed that meeting until tomorrow.

Enda Kenny has not been without advice about what he should say to Donald Trump. They extend from the predictable — plead the case for undocumented Irish — to the ridiculous — tell him he’s a racist.

The Taoiseach has already dismissed calls, both in Ireland and the US, to snub Trump and not to go to the White House.