Donald Trump wore shamrocks for the Irish Taoiseach’s visit and Twitter is getting all kinds of confused
Coriander? Watercress? No, it’s shamrocks.
Donald Trump has been pictured wearing shamrocks in his top pocket in honour of Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s visit.
With St Patrick’s Day approaching on Saturday, Varadkar visited various US lawmakers and sites. On Thursday, he met with 46th US president, Donald Trump at the White House.
In this meeting Trump revealed he is planning a visit to the country, although a date has not been set.
Wearing shamrocks to celebrate the visit of an Irish premier or the country’s national day isn’t so unusual. The shamrock is a clover-like plant which is used as the national emblem of Ireland.
Here’s Ireland’s last taoiseach, Enda Kenny, handing over a bowl of shamrocks at the Shamrock Presentation Ceremony in 2017. If you look carefully, he has shamrocks in his pocket.
