Taoiseach Micheal Martin was in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday for a meeting with President Donald Trump, but tariffs and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza set political “land mines” for Martin, according to European policy expert Donatienne Ruy.

In a meeting with Ireland’s prime minister, President Trump gave no hint of backing down from actions that have caused fissures in the trans-Atlantic alliance.

Donald Trump claimed Ireland takes advantage of the United States in his meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin.The tension was palpable when, after claiming the European Union "was set up in order to take advantage of the United States,