Donald Trump and Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin hold a bowl of shamrock as Martin’s wife Mary O’Shea looks on during a St. Patrick’s Day Reception in the East Room of the White House, Washington, DC, March 12, 2025 (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty)
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I joined Times Radio’s Ryan Tubridy on Thursday for a 27-minute deep-dive look into Donald Trump’s threat to the US system and Constitution.
We begin with banter over the visit of Ireland’s Taoiseach Micheál Martin, relieved that — despite Trump’s attempt to pick a fight over US pharmaceutical companies — it turned out to be a cordial photo opportunity ahead of St. Patrick’s Day.
Then we cast a black-comedy eye over Trump’s tariff chaos, and get serious about the damage that he and unelected co-President Elon Musk are wielding to US agencies and effective government.
