US President Donald Trump said he would like to see Ireland “unified,” a remark that puts him at odds with UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham who recently said the issue is off the table. “It’s going to happen eventually”, the US president said when asked for his thought on a united Ireland during a meeting with the Taoiseach in Dublin Key points and original sources are listed below.

• US President Donald Trump said he would like to see Ireland “unified,” a remark that puts him at odds with UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham who recently said the issue is off the table.S1

• “It’s going to happen eventually”, the US president said when asked for his thought on a united Ireland during a meeting with the Taoiseach in DublinS2

• Donald Trump says a united Ireland would be ‘a fantastic thing’S3

• Mr Trump told reporters in Dublin a united Ireland is ‘going to happen eventually, it may as well happen now’.S4S6

• "It's going to happen eventually", the U.S. president said in Dublin during a golf-focused trip to the long-divided island.S5

• ‘Now ‌the UK will ​have something ‌to say ⁠about it ... but ⁠I think it would be ‌a ​great thing’S7

• US President Donald Trump made the controversial comments shortly after arriving in Ireland for a two-day visitS8