Update: Ireland holds its breath as its leftwing president prepares to meet Trump

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Many are rooting for vocal critic Catherine Connolly to let rip in Dublin meeting, but others hope she holds back Ireland’s president, Catherine Connolly, has called Donald Trump abhorrent and an abuser of power. The report also notes that In his sole previous comment on Connolly, the US president seemed to think she was a man. Now that they are about to meet, Ireland is holding its breath. Trump is to fly into Dublin on Saturday morning for a two-day visit centred on golf. But ahead of making it to his beloved greens, protocol obliges him to meet a woman who has given every impression of loathing him.

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