Debate contribution: St Patrick's Day Washington Visit

Debate contribution by Mr Matthew O'Toole on 17 February 2025.

MLA: Mr Matthew O'Toole
Party at the time: Social Democratic and Labour Party
Date: 17 February 2025
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: St Patrick's Day Washington Visit
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 4802691

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Thank you, deputy First Minister. My party has always believed in engaging in the US and not just with the Administration. She and I were interns many years ago in Washington, I believe, and engaged with people there. In recent weeks, people in Northern Ireland and elsewhere will have seen the new president suggest ethnic cleansing in Gaza, suspend aid to the world's poorest and, now, appear to sacrifice the Ukrainian people to the depredations of Vladimir Putin. Is there nothing that the Trump Administration could do that would make you think twice about a photo op in the Oval Office?

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 1021/22-27.

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