Trump broke a history of American leaders staying neutral on Ireland—putting him at odds with the UK's Prime Minister. Trump’s comments broke with longstanding U.S. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Trump broke a history of American leaders staying neutral on Ireland—putting him at odds with the UK's Prime Minister.S1

• Trump’s comments broke with longstanding U.S. neutrality on the question of reuniting the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland — a highly sensitive issue in the U.K.S2

• Mr Trump told reporters in Dublin a united Ireland is ‘going to happen eventually, it may as well happen now’.S3