Paul Hosford: Ireland must rethink its dependence on the US under Donald Trump

Trump’s Greenland obsession exposes a harsher world order — and why Ireland must diversify alliances and protect its strategic autonomy
US president Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Trump had spent much of the preceding week ratcheting up his insistence that his country ‘needs’ Greenland. Picture: Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP

US president Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Trump had spent much of the preceding week ratcheting up his insistence that his country ‘needs’ Greenland. Picture: Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP

Sun, 25 Jan, 2026 - 17:37
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Paul Hosford
Paul Hosford is a member of the Irish Examiner's politcal staff and writes across a range of subjects.

There were words.

Hundreds of them, many incomprehensible, but the sentiment was undeniable; the world you knew is over and one of the West’s most enduring establishments was under threat.

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