Speaking on a new podcast, the Taoiseach Micheál Martin has described Donald Trump as ‘gracious and courteous’.
Paul Murphy has called out the Taoiseach for ‘bootlicking’ and contrasts the Taoiseach’s embarrassing comments with the President’s moral clarity.
Paul Murphy said,
“Taoiseach Micheál Martin is preparing for his St Patrick’s day visit to meet Donald Trump in the White House, and as it approaches the Taoiseach continues to debase himself by bowing ever deeper before Trump.
“It's almost two weeks since the US began its unprovoked war against Iran and still the Taoiseach refuses to condemn the US for what everyone knows it is doing. Now we have learned that Micheál Martin has described Donald Trump as ‘gracious and courteous’.
“Trump is an abuser of women, he has armed a genocide, committed multiple acts of unprovoked war and presided over ICE killing peaceful protesters in the US. The Taoiseach’s comments are beyond belief.
“A large and growing proportion of the public don't want Micheál Martin to meet Trump on our national day and they are outraged at the Taoiseach’s complete lack of moral backbone.
“No one can fail to notice the stark contrast with the moral clarity of President Catherine Connolly. On International Women’s Day, the President wrote;
The violations of international law we are witnessing are shocking and numbing, but we cannot afford inaction.
What we have witnessed in recent days in the Middle East, and beyond, are not political disputes. They are deliberate assaults on international law, the international laws that have underpinned global peace for eighty years. We must name them as such, without euphemism and without equivocation.
Murphy said “More than anyone, it is the Taoiseach who has used euphemisms and equivocations to avoid naming the wars and flagrant breaking of international law.
“In describing Trump as gracious and courteous, the Taoiseach’s conduct has reached excruciating levels and has become a national embarrassment. There is no other way to describe the Taoiseach’s conduct and comments other than as bootlicking.
“The Taoiseach should not go to the White House for St Patrick’s Day. It's time for the Taoiseach’s euphemisms, equivocation and bootlicking to stop”.