Trump appears to have snubbed Ireland's new leader Michael Martin, after he publicly criticised the President
President Donald Trump is seen through a window speaking on the phone with King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud, in the Oval Office of the White House, January 29, 2017 in Washington, DC.President Trump has failed to call Ireland's new premier Michael Martin in an unexplained break with convention.
It is not clear whether Trump has been made aware of Martin's comments but the president is particularly sensitive to criticism from other leaders.President Trump has failed to call Ireland's new premier in a break with convention which comes after the incoming Taoiseach said European leaders need to learn to "stand up" to Donald Trump.
President Trump called Leo Varadkar, the last Taoiseach, within two weeks of his appointment. Enda Kenny, the Taoiseach before Varadkar, met President Obama on St Patrick's Day less two weeks after he took office. The Fianna Fáil leader called Trump's comments "outrageous" and "ridiculous" and "totally at variance with the spirit at the core of the American nation."
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