U.S. President Donald Trump and son Eric Trump watch the Irish Open at the Trump International Golf Links course in Doonbeg, Ireland, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026.(AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
President Donald Trump began his weekend visit to Ireland with talks with the country’s president and prime minister, before traveling to watch the Irish Open golf tournament held on a course he owns on the country’s Atlantic coast.
People attending the Irish Open golf tournament watch as Marine One with President Donald Trump aboard lands at Trump International Golf Links, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, in Doonbeg, County Clare, Ireland. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)A soldier scans the landscape as he flies in a support helicopter to accompany Marine One, carrying U.S. President Donald Trump, from Shannon enroute to Doonbeg, County Clare, Ireland, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Air Force One flies over the site of the Irish Open golf tournament at Trump International Golf Links in Doonbeg, County Clare, on its way to Shannon Airport in Shannon, Ireland, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)President Donald Trump walks to the presidential limousine, known as “The Beast,” after arriving on Air Force One at Dublin Airport, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, in Dublin. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)U.S. President Donald Trump’s family, Donald Trump Jr, rear right, and wife Bettina, third right, and their children are welcomed by Ireland’s President Catherine Connolly at Aras an Uachtarain in Dublin, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)Donald Trump Jr. and his wife Bettina Anderson look at each other while waiting for President Donald Trump to speak at Deerfield Residence, the residence of the U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Edward S. Walsh, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, in Dublin. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Ireland’s Prime Minister Micheál Martin, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting at Farmleigh House in Dublin, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)U.S. President Donald Trump leaves after visiting Ireland’s President Catherine Connolly Guard at Aras an Uachtarain in Dublin, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)Protesters with balloons demonstrate against the visit of U.S. President Donald Trump in Dublin, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)People arrive to hear President Donald Trump speak at Deerfield Residence, the residence of the U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Edward S. Walsh, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, in Dublin. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks to U.S. embassy staff at Deerfield Residence in Dublin, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)White House aide Natalie Harp, third right, listens as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks to U.S. embassy staff at Deerfield Residence in Dublin, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)President Donald Trump speaks at Deerfield Residence, the residence of the U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Edward S. Walsh, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, in Dublin. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)President Donald Trump speaks at Deerfield Residence, the residence of the U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Edward S. Walsh, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, in Dublin. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)A U.S. Secret Service agent stands watch as President Donald Trump speaks at Deerfield Residence, the residence of the U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Edward S. Walsh, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, in Dublin. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Police line a road and a sheep grazes in a pasture outside Farmleigh House, during a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ireland’s Prime Minister Micheál Martin in Dublin, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)U.S. President Donald Trump and son Eric Trump watch the play during the Irish Open at the Trump International Golf Links course in Doonbeg, Ireland, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026.(AP Photo/Peter Morrison)U.S. President Donald Trump, center, looks up at a banner as he attends the Irish Open golf tournament at Trump International Golf Links in Doonbeg, Ireland, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)U.S. President Donald Trump, center left, presents the trophy to Shane Lowry of Ireland during the Irish Open golf tournament at Trump International Golf Links in Doonbeg, Ireland, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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