Irish Examiner view: Taoiseach's meeting with US president just became more difficult

Micheál Martin must beware the pack of attack dogs invited into proceedings as part of the DC press corps

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office at the White House with US president Donald Trump. Picture: Mystyslav Chernov/AP

It didn’t take long after the highly public arse-kicking exercise which masqueraded as diplomacy in the White House for the memes to start circulating in Ireland.

One of the most shared showed US president Donald Trump looking questioningly at JD Vance, the XL Bully of the shameful encounter with Volodymyr Zelenskyy.