How Ireland came crawling back to Trump

Before the US election in November, there was unanimity among the Irish political classes that Kamala Harris would comfortably win. This support for Harris was matched by a casual disdain for Donald Trump. Before becoming Taoiseach, Simon Harris had dismissed Tump as nothing but ‘an awful gowl’, which essentially means someone is a moron. Ahead of the election, he posted a picture of a baseball cap from the Kamala Harris campaign, with the caption ‘If the cap fits…’

The future seemed rosy for Ireland: the Democrats would win, the Fine Gael/Fianna Fail coalition would continue as before, and the natural order would be maintained. Well, we all know what happened next.

Now, after years of dunking on Trump, reality has kicked in for the Irish political class. First to distance himself from his previous comments was Simon Harris himself, who was quick to inform anyone who would listen that he had only called Tump ‘an awful gowl’ in ‘a lighthearted manner’.