'A challenging moment': What a Trump presidency means for Ireland

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : "Every EU country has the same challenge - how to relate to Trump and his team," he said.
61% : One person who attended St Patrick's Day events in 2019-20 said: "I saw Trump in action on three St Patrick's Days.
51% : [ EU needs to rethink support for Ukraine following Trump election victory, Orban saysOpens in new window ]"Within the Republican Party there are probably still people who are wedded to the more traditional Atlanticist approach," said Mulhall.
47% : In Trump's first administration there was a significant cohort of Irish Americans around Trump, several of whom smoothed the way for communication between Dublin and the White House.
47% : "Russia will be interested in testing Nato and EU resolve," said Burke.
45% : A lot will depend on who Trump appoints to key positions such as secretary of defence and national security adviser, he added.
44% : ""Trump has a certain regard for Ireland," said Mulhall.
44% : "People have been here for decades and survived under the radar and they put on a good face, but when they get in the office behind a closed door, they clearly express their fears."[ Zelenskiy talks to Trump as Biden tries to rush weapons to UkraineOpens in new window ]Immigration advocates say the approach set out by the Trump campaign would be inhumane, divisive, costly and could devastate families, communities, and sections of the labour market.
43% : Based on everything Trump has said and everything that he tried to do last time, he will pull the rug out from the Nato security guarantee," said UCD professor of international relations Ben Tonra.
41% : A barrier to Trump in terms of cutting US corporate tax may be the cost, at a time when he will already want to pay for the renewal of other tax reductions introduced during this first term.
41% : Some experts believe individual EU members will rush to Washington and do whatever they can to secure bilateral defence agreements with Trump.
40% : "For Ireland, this is strategically dangerous as we would be sailing away from centre of EU.
36% : So, the big questions is what Trump will actually do and how he will balance the risks to the US economy from tariffs - including higher prices - with meeting his campaign promises.
32% : According to Ted Smyth, a former Irish diplomat who went on to work in corporate America and is plugged into Irish-American political networks, the names touted for the inner circle around Trump include Robert O'Brien and Senator Bill Hagerty who are both being mentioned as possible secretary of state or national security advisor.
31% : When it comes the impact on European defence, there are two schools of thought on what will happen if Trump tries to gut the alliance.
26% : As a non-Nato member, Ireland would, at first glance, be unaffected by any undermining of the alliance by Trump.
21% : And it is by no means guaranteed that Trump will throw all of this out the window, he said.
19% : If Trump imposes tariffs on imports from Europe, the likelihood is that the EU and other countries would react, potentially leading to trade wars.

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