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Trump calls a united Ireland a 'great thing'
Day one of the US president's Irish trip ends with one line doing all the talking, and golf waiting tomorrow.
In brief
Day one of the US president's Irish trip ends with one line doing all the talking, and golf waiting tomorrow. Trump's off-the-cuff blessing of a united Ireland was the story of day one, and the rest of his trip is golf. Originally reported by BBC News.
Trump backs a united Ireland
The US president said a united Ireland would be a 'great thing'. On a visit built around golf, that was the line everyone picked up.
Day one wraps
BBC News closed its live page on the first day of the visit, after hours of rolling updates from the president's arrival onward.
“That brings our coverage of day one of US President Donald Trump's visit to Ireland to a close.”
The reaction lives elsewhere
Responses to Trump's comments were pulled into a separate write-up rather than left scattered across the live feed.
“You can read all of what happened today and reaction to some of Trump's comments in our story here”
Next stop, the Irish Open
Trump spends the following day and a half at the tournament. The political stop is over; the sporting one is just starting.
Follow it on BBC Sport
Live coverage moves from the news desk to the sports desk, where the golf gets its own rolling page.
“just like Trump you can follow all the coverage live over on the BBC Sport website”
Seven people, one page
Ben Lonsdale, Katie Williams, Barry O'Connor, Jacob Phillips and Lili Busby wrote the day's posts, with Ciarán McCauley and Charlotte Hadfield editing.
At a glance
Trump's off-the-cuff blessing of a united Ireland was the story of day one, and the rest of his trip is golf.
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