Irish PM Enda Kenny Reminds U.S. St. Patrick 'Was An Immigrant'

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7 жыл бұрын

Alongside President Trump, during the annual “Friends of Ireland” lunch in D.C., Prime Minister Enda Kennedy offers up a poignant reminder that St. Patrick was an immigrant and that early immigrants to America were the “wretched refuse on the teeming shore.”
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Irish PM Enda Kenny Reminds U.S. St. Patrick 'Was An Immigrant' | NBC News

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@christielynnga 7 жыл бұрын

we seem to forget our immigrants of the past... the Irish were treated badly by americans simply because they were different when they first immigrated to america.

@tessie7e 7 жыл бұрын

C. Lynn Let's be more specific. They were treated badly because they were Catholic! "Good Americans" were afraid they would set up papal law in America. Sound familiar?

@kierancasey5814 5 жыл бұрын

O shut up you sound like Black people who can’t get over how they were treated and hang it like a ball around their necks

@eibhlin5940 4 жыл бұрын

@@kierancasey5814 I don't see any Irish people around me feeling sorry for themselves,but continuing to prove the stereotype wrong....!!!

@teamoptimistic9440 4 жыл бұрын

You mean the indentured servants first right?

@teamoptimistic9440 4 жыл бұрын

@@kierancasey5814 I'm looking back at this comment. Aren't you ashamed of this?

@eliwoodstarlaf3379 7 жыл бұрын

Happy Saint Patrick's Day to the Irish and to all the inhabitants of the US and Ireland both Immigrants and anybody else...

@alchemy8787 7 жыл бұрын

Look at trumps face hahaha

@sohaibagouba9991 7 жыл бұрын

Every word he said. Is a middle finger aimed at Trump.

@coco_city_councilor_lynn_MA 7 жыл бұрын

In your face, Donald. Good job PM Kenny

@obamadonald5052 3 жыл бұрын

Was Trump ever against immigration per se?..... No

@z2010able 5 ай бұрын

@@obamadonald5052 Have you heard him lately?

@jrichards4742 7 жыл бұрын

I'm sure that speech went right over Trump's head. lmao

@kennyworth007 3 жыл бұрын

The blank, bovine stare on his face attests to that.

@obamadonald5052 3 жыл бұрын

Was Trump ever against immigration per se?..... No

@kennyworth007 3 жыл бұрын

@@obamadonald5052 Nah, not if you don't count the hundreds of times he badmouthed immigrants.

@rubensaleman5422 7 жыл бұрын

this man make cry, and like he says, it's no what America can do for us but, what we can do for America god bless Ireland

@gabrielhahn3569 7 жыл бұрын

I can't believe 50,000 of the illegal immigrants here are Irish :)

@auntiecarrollyn1 7 жыл бұрын

what?...did you think only Mexicans or people of color or the wrong religion were illegals?....no....they are the only ones being targeted not the whites....get it now?

@jamescoffey5330 7 жыл бұрын

Go to Boston for a couple of weeks and hit some of the bars in Jamaica Plain. You'll find a lot of them. And 50,000 is a bit on the low side.

@newyorkcity76 7 жыл бұрын

James Coffey in nyc

@trollmaster5668 7 жыл бұрын

Gabriel Hahn your an idiot you actually think it's Mexicans 70% are from central America and 30% European if you don't believe me ask Trump's wife

@newyorkcity76 7 жыл бұрын

wilbert kim hahaha

@sohaibagouba9991 7 жыл бұрын

Every word said is a middle finger aimed at Trump.

@MatthewMcClellan 7 жыл бұрын

A lovely example of speaking truth to power. Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister.

@kdarko88 7 жыл бұрын

It's Enda Kenny not Enda Kennedy!

@paulpower2680 4 ай бұрын

NO HE WAS NOT. He was a slave who later returned, sent by his bosses.

@terryambrose1955 7 жыл бұрын

The eloquent slap down I have seen lately.

@vecchiosilvi 7 жыл бұрын

Well said, Mr. Kenny. Thank you for standing with the huddled masses. These days, many Americans are so frightened of refugees that they're afraid to even try to help. We could see the resentment in little Donnie's eyes, as you spoke so eloquently about compassion and courage; something he will never understand. Hummm.... I seem to have generated the false impression that hicks only live in America. Sorry about that Americans. Here's my definition of a hick, and it transcends all borders. An evil person is smart enough to know they are annoying. A hick isn't.

@vecchiosilvi 7 жыл бұрын

"they wasn't muslim"? Your hick is showing....

@teamoptimistic9440 4 жыл бұрын

Remember, every American doesn't share the exact views of the Orange one and his friends. That's probably why he canceled this year's invitation for the Prayer Breakfast.😉

@basdenscott 7 жыл бұрын

that. was. awkward. HAHAHAHAHAHA...

@seamusosullivan6128 5 жыл бұрын

Never been prouder to be Irish

@colmmorley698 7 жыл бұрын

Enda's roast on Trump

@kdarko88 7 жыл бұрын

NBC News: Your caption reads: "Alongside President Trump, during the annual “Friends of Ireland” lunch in D.C., Prime Minister Enda Kennedy offers up a poignant reminder that St. Patrick was an immigrant and that early immigrants to America were the “wretched refuse on the teeming shore.” It should say Kenny.

@kdarko88 7 жыл бұрын

carrollyn aragon teeming is a word

@tessie7e 7 жыл бұрын

carrollyn aragon He is quoting a line from the poem at the base of the Statue of Liberty.

@irishcountrygirl78 7 жыл бұрын

subtitles 😒😒😒

@jeand9355 4 жыл бұрын

St Patrick was kidnapped...

@Cybernetic800 4 жыл бұрын

Great speech by Ends Kenny.. but he was awful for Ireland.

@YewrMan 4 жыл бұрын

Not like the alternatives would have done any better. He did better than I expected, didn't have high hopes for him at the top. Basically had to do what the Troika told us to do and implement austerity as tactfully as possible. Now Varadkar is an awful successor. But Fine Gael will be looking for another leader after this election, probably after postponed Tipperary poll.

@pilot8602 2 жыл бұрын

He was harmless and did what he could, honestly, I doubt anyone could've done any better given the time

@fathergerry2926 3 жыл бұрын

Poo poo bum

@Elzilcho87 7 жыл бұрын

As an Irish person here in Dublin, I can only say how completely outraged we all are that this thick gobshite didn't stand up to Trump and only kissed his ass. We all here in Ireland have outright rejected Trump and all that he stands for, and we even made a 2 million person petition asking Kenny to not interact with Trump, which would mean almost half the entire country singed it. We stated in it that we wanted him to not go over for St. Patricks day, and if he was to actually go as only part of a official government act, then he was supposed to unequivocally reject this president and not shake his hand in friendship. Not only did he not live up to what he promised us all here, but he even happily spoke with him, shook his hand, and got on with Trump like they're friends. This is an absolute outrage and Edna Kenny will be kicked out of government as Tiosach for this (AKA: Prime minister for no-Irish speakers). We have all suffered in serious poverty and through the famine 150 years ago, and America was one of our only beacons of hope for us. Now with this president rejecting the majority of immigrants from impoverished countries, we all here remember what hardships we once endured and are outraged that a man like this could refuse so many who suffer pointlessly. So this will not stand and I can promise that Edna Kenny will politically suffer for what he's done on behalf of the Irish people.

@flemingway8179 7 жыл бұрын

You really don't understand islamism, do you? They can blow up the capital building in your city but you still wouldn't understand. If everyone was like you, they would have a caliphate in Europe where you would do your submissive kissing and your daughters suffering from lost freedom, families from lost safety, country and freedoms. You can have an army of millions coming to Europe without guns and you will never understand it.

@gabrielhahn3569 7 жыл бұрын

Refusing for government to co-operate is only backwards thinking.

@JoeBidensdememtiapills 7 жыл бұрын

Jetpack Rorschach you don't speak for all Irish people,maybe the libtard bubble in Dublin 4,and the rest of Ireland hate you lot anyway.

@outland30 7 жыл бұрын

Jetpack Rorschach you do not talk for the Irish people, I am also Irish and from Dublin and fundamentally disagree with you! Where is the Irish petition with the 2 million signatures? There is no such Irish petition . Enda Kenny did a very good job in America and I applaud him! Also the vast vast majority of Irish people wanted Enda Kenny to meet Donald Trump for Patrick's day. Please stop spreading fake news about the Irish people and their views! Btw it's "Taoiseach" learn how to spell it before you attempt a comment

@rossgeography 7 жыл бұрын

simplistic at best, yes Trump is odious but Kenny applied about as much pressure as he could given the circumstances and its own subtle way this was more successful than Merkel's awkward meeting - what you're suggesting is the nuclear option and we loss access and media coverage for our tiny isle in a stunt that is quickly forgotten - better to stay in the room even or esp. if you're making the other side feel uncomfortable and question themselves - this was an appeal to Americans to be their better selves - they are starting to realise just what they've signed up for with cuts to healthcare and social protections.

@paulfitz4861 4 жыл бұрын

He wasn't even a great Taoiseach

@cianomalley6152 3 жыл бұрын

In fairness he made mistakes but he never had a scandal and he fixed the economy

@kennyworth007 Жыл бұрын

Trump is an awful man and was a horrible president. You can't say the same about Kenny. At least he had a heart. Something like a bit of human decency.

@jackdoyle7453 7 жыл бұрын

St Patrick wasn't an immigrant he was a slave. Either he is ignorant of history, for deliberating trying mislead about the facts, due to all the terrible things the Irish did to the British in the first millennium. Irregardless it is a complete lie to say St Patrick was an immigrant, any more than it is to say the slaves brought to the USA were immigrants. Yet why hasn't this got the backlash Ben Carson faced?

@rossgeography 7 жыл бұрын

- all the terrible things the Irish did to the British in the first millennium - wtf are you talking about? try Henry VIII onwards - your name is Jack Doyle is it nor?

@rossgeography 7 жыл бұрын

No I notice how Trump isn't getting his way - how the American constitution is protecting hard-won rights. I notice how the majority of Europeans are rejecting the scapegoating of minorities for societal ills and are not fooled by those who propose simple solutions to complex problems in Austria, the Netherlands and soon France. And closer to home I notice how the Irish electorate are not taken in by the rhetoric of those on the extremes of the left or the right. Immigration and integration are challenges facing many Western democracies but so are the entrenched attitudes and demonising of the other based on the actions of the few and the lies of the many.

@rossgeography 7 жыл бұрын

I guess white people (whatever that monolith means) didn't think through all the unintended consequences of plundering and interfering across the globe. I don't want to see ghettos and alternative value systems (like "honour" killings or FGM), I support the French ban on the face-veil (there seems to be some hyprocrisy amongst feminists and others (the police) when it comes to "cultural sensitives") but its too late to put the genie back in the bottle you address and manage these problems through sensible policy and inclusion - and getting tough with African warlords and Middle Eastern regimes (particular the Saudis) stoking conflict and the resulting mass-migration. Trump's ban is not about keeping America safe it's about playing the tough-guy - pretty soon his administrations three-ring circus is going to implode. I'd rather we have existential debates in Europe rather than the polarised politics and grandstanding of the US.

@dillan3253 7 жыл бұрын

Saint Patrick went to Ireland before Ireland was a country and there was no citizenship of any kind. It was nothing more than borderless land oppupied by tribes of Celts. How does this make him an immigrant and not just a missionary? Doesn't that just make him an accomplice to the destruction of Celtic paganism and the introduction of a religion that would cause internal violence between Irish people for centuries?

@tessie7e 7 жыл бұрын

Dillan Johnson We can rightly discuss the impact of spreading faith on indigenous cultures. However, I think it is worth noting, that the "tribes" believed the land was theirs, whether your anachronistic understanding of country and citizenship fails to recognize it or not. And any missionary who commits to remaining in the land he/she has sought to serve is by definition an immigrant. That said, it was clearly a rhetorical device to launch into the sentiments he truly wished to express in front of Donald J. Trump.

@dillan3253 7 жыл бұрын

tessie7e The word "immigrant" was literally not even coined until over 1000 years after St. Patrick's death. Do not accuse me of anachronism and then expect me to take you seriously when you are guilty of the same thing. I'm not surprised, however, considering that you don't even seem to know what that word means in the first place. Immigration was not a concept until after the concept of nation-states existed. Land in the middle ages was not public, it was either owned by Kings or the church, but never the people that lived on it. The social contract between the government and people did not exist. St. Patrick was a bishop of the Catholic Church and his bishopic was church property, not the property of any Celts. He occupied the lands that he went to, he didn't "immigrate" there. Regardless of any of this, even if I agreed that St. Patrick was an immigrant to Ireland, the destruction of Celtic culture by a foreign religion is an excellent argument AGAINST immigration. Is that not the least bit ironic to you? What St. Patrick did to Ireland is precisely what Trump wants to avoid for America. The only reason St. Patrick is celebrated in the first place is because he was so effective at exterminating a culture and replacing it with a corrupt one that nobody any remembers the first.

@rossgeography 7 жыл бұрын

..you've heard the term 'metaphor' I take it.

@dillan3253 7 жыл бұрын

Ross Geography When the metaphor makes no sense, I notice.

@jackdoyle7453 7 жыл бұрын

The Irish did kidnap him into slavery.