President Donald Trumpโs postponed fall visit to Ireland sparked a Twitter mini-celebration among some on the Emerald Isle on Tuesday.
Hundreds of people on Twitter โ many of whom had vowed to protest Trumpโs trip, when it was first announced in August โ shared triumphant GIFs and messages in response to the news. Whether Trump will actually visit Ireland later this year is still unclear.
The Irish prime ministerโs office confirmed the postponement, saying โthe U.S. side has cited scheduling issues.โ But White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Tuesday that Trump has yet to make a final decision on visiting Ireland.
Nevertheless, the confusion did nothing to dampen peopleโs spirits online:
When you heard that Donald Trump has cancelled his trip to Ireland pic.twitter.com/3E9MPgiMoY
— Mary Mc Intyre (@Mc1988) September 11, 2018
Donald Trump is NOT COMING TO IRELAND! IT IS CANCELLED ๐๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ #DonaldTrumpIsNotComingtoIrelandParty pic.twitter.com/uzkYv9WS1t
— ๐จ๐๐๐๐ (@lostirishgirl) September 11, 2018
Summary of 99% of #Irish Twitter on hearing that #TrumpInIreland is cancelled: โ๏ธ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ป๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐๐โ๏ธ#Trump #ItsPartyTimeInIreland Yahoo!#TrumpIsNotWelcomeInIreland
— Carole (Ducky) (@IrPsych) September 11, 2018
The people of #Ireland won. They didnโt want #TrumpInIreland, so he isnโt going to show up. ๐ Nobody wants this ignorant embarrassment anywhere! ๐ Funerals, weddings, countries... pic.twitter.com/ycDY1Qnjbp
— Cyndy ๐ (@Lavender4CC) September 12, 2018
Dear Ireland, I don't know what you did, but keep up the good work. ๐#POTUS #Trump @realDonaldTrump
— Kim Andrews (@bykimbo) September 11, 2018
Trump trip to Ireland cancelled ๐
— Vincent (@Planetwaves20) September 11, 2018
He got the message he wasnโt welcome in Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช ๐
We can send the Baby Blimp to whatever poor country will next be blighted by a visit from him ๐ถ
Irish people make it clear that Trump is not welcome to visit.
— John O'Brennan (@JohnOBrennan2) September 11, 2018
And it works....Trump visit cancelled. Well done, Ireland.https://t.co/fz8sQULChr
CAN YOU CANCEL MY HOTEL BOOKING? pic.twitter.com/IxusDX6wXG
— Noel Rock (@NoelRock) September 11, 2018
Trump has cancelled his trip to Ireland. ๐ pic.twitter.com/8HAa2qJu6W
— Emma #KeepThePoet ๐ณ๏ธ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ข (@Headyeuphoria) September 11, 2018
Thrilled to hear that Trump's visit to Ireland has been cancelled. We didn't want him here. We were loud about it too.
— Miriam Kennedy (@Miriam_Kennedy) September 11, 2018
Trump's visit to Ireland has been cancelled!
— Pauline Murphy (@RealPMurphy) September 11, 2018
Must go and disband the welcoming committee. pic.twitter.com/NgYj17eHsv
Very glad to see that the Irish State will not be rolling out the red carpet to host President Trump. His values are a betrayal of those that Irish people hold dear.
— Roisin Shortall (@RoisinShortall) September 11, 2018
Trump cancels visit to Ireland, i wonder why? He would have got the bigliest, tremendous, best welcome ๐
— Carmen Mayes (@carmen_mayes) September 11, 2018
then again , most of Ireland doesnโt really like orange ๐ pic.twitter.com/HuWeTN4tWB
GOOD NEWS!!! Trump cancels visit to Ireland because the Big Mac meal tastes different in Ireland then it does in the US. #Trump #bigmac #irishvisit
— Jennifer Zamparelli (@JenniferMaguire) September 12, 2018
Glad to see that Trump has decided not to come to Ireland. Our strong bond with the USA is not dependent on us being nice to an erratic, undignified, dangerous liar no matter what position he holds.
— Colum Eastwood (@columeastwood) September 11, 2018
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