EU/IRELAND/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump’s plan to visit Ireland for the first time as U.S. president this November has been canceled for scheduling reasons, the Irish government announced on Tuesday [9-11-18]. But the White House did not immediately confirm the cancellation, saying it was still finalizing plans for Trump’s November trip to Europe. Trump announced in August that he would travel to Ireland as part of a trip to attend the Nov. 11 commemoration in Paris of the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War One. A number of groups announced they would stage protests during Trump’s visit, in which the president had been expected to visit the capital Dublin and his golf resort in the west coast village of Doonbeg…Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, who as a cabinet minister opposed extending an invitation to Trump before changing his mind when he became prime minister, had described the trip as coming ‘a little bit out of the blue’, but said the office of the U.S. president must be respected.”
–Reuters Staff, “Ireland says planned Trump visit in November canceled,” Reuters, September 11, 2018 8:46 am