President Joe Biden’s trip to Ireland is part homecoming, part diplomacy and part politics. Here's what's on his agenda today, and the days ahead.
When President Joe Biden was isolating with Covid in the White House last summer, atop the stack of books on his desk was a 320-page paperback: “JFK in Ireland.” The last Irish Catholic president visited his ancestral homeland in 1963, five months before his assassination. He told his aides afterwards it was the “best four days of my life.
He warned successive British prime ministers to resolve the dispute before the anniversary – tacitly hinging his entire trip on it. After months of negotiations, the current PM Rishi Sunak struck a deal resolving the dispute in February, though Northern Ireland’s main unionist political party has yet to sign on. Still, the arrangement paved the way for Biden’s visit this month. Sunak is expected to meet Biden when he arrives, and the two will meet for talks in Belfast on Wednesday.
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