"Micheál Martin backed by 54pc of respondents to visit America as calls grow for boycott over Donald Trump threats The public are largely in favour of the Taoiseach meeting Donald Trump on St Patrick's Day, but support for the annual event has dropped by 20 percentage points since last year. Micheál Martin is due to visit the White House next month amid opposition calls for him to boycott the encounter following the US president's threat to seize Greenland and the aggression of his ICE immigration agency."
"The public are largely in favour of the Taoiseach meeting Donald Trump on St Patrick's Day, but support for the annual event has dropped by 20 percentage points since last year. Micheál Martin is due to visit the White House next month amid opposition calls for him to boycott the encounter following the US president's threat to seize Greenland and the aggression of his ICE immigration agency."
Fifty-four percent of respondents support Micheál Martin visiting America and meeting Donald Trump. Public approval for the annual St Patrick's Day meeting has declined by 20 percentage points since last year. Micheál Martin is scheduled to visit the White House next month. Opposition figures and some members of the public have called for a boycott of the meeting. Calls for a boycott follow the US president's threat to seize Greenland and aggressive actions by the ICE immigration agency, which have prompted political concern and criticism.
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