Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Given that his party made clear it would not engage politically with the Trump Administration, why is he advocating the benefits of negotiation? Why is he making the case for the benefits of dialogue? I welcome the fact he was doing so, but how is that consistent with the announcement his party made, to some fanfare and prominence, that it did not want to engage with the political Administration and leadership of the United States of America? With regard to the narrative he is developing here, if he does want to see negotiation happening, how does he believe that negotiation could be successful in the absence of the European Union being willing to either consider or implement measures to respond to what the US has done?

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