Red Statement: No US President Should Be Welcome On Irish Soil

No US President should be welcomed on Irish soil. Their nation state acts as the corporate world’s global policeman, ruthlessly enforcing corporate power.

Bush, Obama, Biden and Trump have all engaged in war in the Middle East. They’ve all backed the genocidal Israeli state to the hilt.

That’s because Israel is an attack dog in the service of US imperialism, guarding their interests across the Middle East.

But Trump in particular represents US corporate power and warmongering at its most bullying and belligerent.

He’s part of the reason our energy bills are going through the roof as he lobs bombs at Iran.

He’s also kidnapped heads of state and attempted the complete destruction of Cuba, where tens of thousands are being deprived of basic necessities because of US sanctions.

Trump promised to “drain the swamp” and then immediately appointed establishment insiders to key jobs in his administration. Susie Wiles, his Chief of Staff, worked for Ronald Reagan in the 1980s.

She had also worked as a corporate lobbyist.

Trump’s Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, was CEO of Wall Street financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald and head of the BGC Group.

The Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, had worked as Chief Investment Officer for Soros Fund Management.

US corporations want the US state to use its military might to reassert US power around the world as their economic share of world output declines. They’re trying to use political violence to halt economic decline.

And Trump’s capitalist agenda is bad news for workers here in Ireland too.

His politics represents a world where governments bend over backwards to serve big business, while working class people are told there is no money for decent wages, affordable housing or public services.

Trump represents an extreme version of the same policies Irish governments have pursued for years: bending over backwards for the rich while outsourcing and privatising public services.

Then when he’s hollowed out all supports for workers and the poor he points at scapegoats. It’s the oldest trick in the book.

It’s not just about standing in solidarity with the victims of imperialism around the world but about standing up for our class at home too.

If we want to fight for an Ireland that’s under the control of the workers of Ireland we need to reject the latest incarnation of US imperialism and fight the corporate puppets running the show here at home.

We need a working class rebellion to put workers in the driving seat.