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COULD THIS MEETING of Gerry Adams and Donald Trump back in 1995 be a prelude to a St Patrick’s Day shindig in the White House in 2017?
Some fascinating footage of one of Gerry Adams’s first trips to the United States in the mid-90s has emerged and shows the Sinn Féin leader shaking hands with the US billionaire and presidential hopeful.
The two could not be more different when it comes to their politics but they greeted each other warmly at this 1995 fundraising dinner in New York.
That was a big year for Adams. He had been barred from entering the US until January 1994 when president Bill Clinton approved a 48-hour visa.
Adams returned in March 1995 for a glitzy $200-a-plate fundraising lunch at Essex House in New York where he sought support for Sinn Féin and the peace process.
Trump was among several attendees including Bianca Jagger, Tom Hayden, moviemaker Michael Moore and ex-mayor David Dinkins.
AP reported at the time that Adams was greeted “like a rock star – posing for pictures and providing autographs”.
Although there wasn’t a universally warm welcome. Protesters outside the event demonstrated against Adams’ presence, one describing him as a “hypocrite”. Watch:
Twenty years later Trump is now seeking the Republican nomination for the White House, while Adams hopes to lead Sinn Féin into government after the next general election.
2016 is a big year for both men.
Hat tip: IrishCentral.com
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Is that as good as that story gets,two men shaking hands 20yrs ago,what a crock of sh.. article
Lol
Hugh, are you not on your FG holidays.
The minister for Transport isn’t on holidays. One of hughs amazingly well complied articles yesterday. You set a high standard for Orla and the likes Hugh…
@peadar. Of course hugh isn’t on holiday. Paschal donohoe still has to have his pillow plumped and the paper fetched.
hey hugh remember your fg overlord noonan meeting trump off the plane with a red carpet and brass band?, LAST YEAR?? or will that be in another piece?
To be fair, Donald Trump is probably one of the nicer people Gerry has romanced into making a donation to his US slush fund. Funny how so many of his benefactors are in the property development business. How much did the Don ultimately contribute?
Hopefully SF finally sends some money home to compensate the victims of as part of the peace and reconciliation mission he advertised those dinner seats under. Surely not all of it should go into brown envelopes to enrich Washington lobbyists?
Shinnertrolls a tad confused with Hugh providing a positive Gerry Adams story….
Gerry Adams was also chosen to be part of the guard of honour at Nelson Mandela’s funeral.
The Provisional IRA trained members of the ANC military wing in the 80s. Some are also meant to have helped in blowing up an apartheid era factory.
Mandela was a Provie lover, sure fair play to him, a bit of love is lovely in life.
…and Archbishop Tutu barely got to attend.
Check out this video of the Irish government falling over themselves to kiss Trump’s arse LAST YEAR. Or how insignificant Michael Noonan must have been to him.
http://www.dailyedge.ie/donald-trump-arrival-ireland-video-1460731-May2014/
Kiss it?. Noonans tongue was so far up trumps ass,he could lick his tonsils.
Who knows , it could indeed be a prelude to a St Patrick’s Day shindig in the White House in 2017? Unlike this years where poor enda fecked up.https://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/trending/watch-enda-kennys-attempted-handshake-with-barack-obama-goes-embarrassingly-wrong-31076173.html&ved=0CCIQFjABahUKEwjC16TdjrjHAhWrodsKHQA0Dcg&usg=AFQjCNFRtIkbgdD7lDfEeFULT0ND5wa1ZA. https://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.bizpacreview.com/2015/03/18/cringe-obama-snubs-ireland-prime-ministers-handshake-in-mortifying-moment-187816&ved=0CCUQFjACahUKEwjC16TdjrjHAhWrodsKHQA0Dcg&usg=AFQjCNFM-Ko0laWXsQXHTLfUf0TuIRGU6Q
@littleone enda his usual eager self.. Clown
waiting to be given a balloon, or a lollipop!
FGHQ are currently notifying their minions about this article. Get ready!
One of them wrote it sure…
“Check out this video”..and this fella regards himself as a serious political journalist.
He’s leading us on to another Shatter love story, I don’t think we’ve had one today yet.
Haha a nice fluff piece on why Richard Bruton isn’t that much of a west Brit after all
It’s been changed now to “heard about the time”. It’s like the twilight zone here sometimes.
Bet yiz that this lad ends up working for the Daily Mail. His political bias would be right at home there.
Are ya mad, DOB would offer him a contract at the Irish “independent” in a heart beat
Don’t know about that; there’s such a thing as being TOO much of a brown noser
not in the circles that these people move or aspire to move in
Gerry Adams is as fake as Trumps hair.
Adams has a better chance of being our Taoiseach than Hugh has of being a serious political journalist.
A biased journalist is a danger to society.
A private army is pretty dangerous too.
“Check out this benign piece I wish I could spin more out of”
I’m loving Hughs’ articles at the moment. Deep, insightful politically driven bullshit. I hope he got a signed copy of shatters novel for his magnificent article on our former minister.
I see alot of people don’t agree with my comment.
Ok so, Trumps hair is real.
Neither of them are politicians. God knows what they.
Hugh – Even you , of The FG Faithful floating this oils story – from more then TWENTY YEARS ago , when Donald attended a $200 a head lunch given for Gerry, in New York, in the build up to The GFA ???
Central FG Head Office and Independent Newspapers , must be running out of material for you Hugh O’Connell ???
‘Old Story’
I’ll get the popcorn, this place is about to blow
Pat Lyons will have a hernia
Like a moth to a deluded flame
Hugh still trollin I see
Greeted each other warmly is a bit of an exaggeration. Looks like Adams put him on the spot.
I know, for a joke, let’s all praise gerry Adams for this, we all know full well Hugh is trying a lazy smear here
Future president meets future Taoiseach ? Wouldn’t the world be a mad place altogether ?
Bet Trump rolled out the red carpet that day.
I love the butthurt splutterings from the shinnerbots. Hugh plays you all like a fiddle. keep dancing folks. click bait victims – clicktims to coin a phrase….
Haha it’s funny how you also clicked in, and went to the bother of commenting. Hughs fiddling with you too by the looks of it..
absolutely I clicked in. sure didn’t I say I love the heartbroken lamentations of shinnerbots. I was smiling as soon as I read the title.
In that case can we dance together as Hugh plays his small violin, or fiddle or whatever. Great to have ya
only if you dry your eyes first :)
Won’t you wipe them away with your Kleenex? Or you use all them up with emmmm “cleaning your nose”
who are you quoting?
Is it a shame that this what the media has degenerated into? Polemic click bait.
Sinn Fein aren’t within an ass’s roar of government…
What planet are you living on?
They’ll get a much lower share of the vote and no one will touch them to form a coalition…
SF are already in government O’Reilly. As you well know one of their senior politicians is deputy first minister of northern Ireland.
That’s a different state Were Jammin. Do keep up…
O’Really O’Reilly – is in a terrible State altogether !!!
Don’t know who’s errmmm “reputation” is damaged more from that photo.
When did Adams say that he wants to lead Sinn Fein into the next government? Also, single reason Trump was there was to try and garner some Irish-American votes. Same fella only sees dollars when he thinks of Ireland. And our leaders only think of dollars when they see Trump.
Gerry should have bent one knee as the rushed over from his pulpit to honour the billionaire; so awkward to see him bend his back like that.
Two very dangerous characters if they ever got elected to lead a country.
At least Gerry finally realised that bombing innocent civilians was a lost cause.
I fear The Don might think it a solution to the problems in the Middle East, and follow Bush.
and your point is?
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