Blacklisted? POTUS Trump Appears to Ignore New Irish Head of Government 3 Weeks After Appointment

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Blacklisted? POTUS Trump Appears to Ignore New Irish Head of Government 3 Weeks After Appointment

The new head of Ireland’s government has criticised Trump in the past and called on European nations to stand up to him, but POTUS has never commented on the former’s statements and it’s unclear if he’s even aware of these incidents.

US President Donald Trump has so far failed to call Ireland’s new Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, despite him being appointed almost three weeks ago in a rare violation of tradition. The fact that the two countries’ leaders haven’t spoken on the telephone yet was revealed by Micheál Martin himself when he spoke to the country’s parliament.

The previous Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, got his first call from the president of the US, Ireland’s long-time ally, within two weeks of his appointment in 2017. His successor, Martin, has already spoken with several European leaders, including UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson three days into his new office, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and European Council chief Charles Michel.

Blacklisted? POTUS Trump Appears to Ignore New Irish Head of Government 3 Weeks After Appointment

Martin Schulz, chairman of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), front left, German Chancellor and chairwomen of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Angela Merkel, front right, and Horst Seehofer, rear center, chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU), arrive for coalition negotiations on a new German government between the Christian Unions bloc and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Feb. 2, 2018.

Trump and the White House have not elaborated about the unusual lack of contact between the two heads of goverment, yet it is known that Martin made critical remarks about POTUS in the past. He criticised the president’s comments about a group of progressive Democratic congresswomen in 2019 and suggested that European countries must openly oppose the rhetoric of POTUS, when necessary.

Trump didn’t comment on the remark at the time and it’s unclear if he was even informed of it at all.

The US president’s habits in conveying telephone calls with international leaders have been a topic of debate, specifically in light of a recent report by CNN based on accounts of anonymous sources, claiming that Trump treated female heads of state with particular disdain. The report also claimed that POTUS bullied several countries’ leaders, namely France’s Emmanuel Macron, Canada’s Justin Trudeau, and Australia’s Scott Morrison.

Sourse: sputniknews.com

Blacklisted? POTUS Trump Appears to Ignore New Irish Head of Government 3 Weeks After Appointment

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