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Sean Whelan

Dublin, Mentor

Washington Correspondent at RTÉ

Washington DC Correspondent at RTE, Ireland's national TV and Radio. Retweet not an endorsement etc

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  • 2 weeks ago | rte.ie | Sean Whelan

    Just what is behind the US president Donald Trump's 50% tariff on EU imports to the US? Your guess is as good as mine or anyone else's in all honesty. This latest policy swerve came out of nowhere yesterday morning in Washington - just when people here might have been expecting wind down ahead of a long Memorial Day weekend. Instead Mr Trump's social media post had a laxative effect on financial market traders on both sides of the Atlantic.

  • 2 weeks ago | rte.ie | Sean Whelan

    Ambush. That is the word most used by US media to describe yesterday's explosive White House confrontation between President Donald Trump and his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa. The last time we had seen anything like this was February’s disastrous meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

  • 2 weeks ago | rte.ie | Sean Whelan

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  • 1 month ago | rte.ie | Sean Whelan

    US President Donald Trump has announced a ceasefire in the US campaign against Houthi missile attacks on shipping in the Red Sea. Speaking at the Oval office in a meeting with Canadian Prime Minster Mark Carney, Mr Trump said the US is ending its attacks on missile infrastructure in Yemen because the Houthi regime said it will no longer attack international shipping - the objective of the airstrike campaign.

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