Trump has a 'tall order' on trip to Ireland, expert argues

>> WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP. WITH IRELAND. THE UNITED STATES AND IRELAND. HAVE A FANTASTIC RELATIONSHIP, A. VERY PROFITABLE ONE FOR IRELAND, LESS PROFITABLE FOR US, TO BE. HONEST WITH YOU. A RATHER BIG SURPLUS. YOUR COUNTRY, YOU CAN BE VERY. PROUD OF YOUR COUNTRY BECAUSE. IT'S A BIG SURPLUS, RIGHT? GRIFF: PRESIDENT TRUMP MEETING. WITH THE IRISH PRESIDENT AND. PRIME MINISTER IN DUBLIN AMID.

IMMIGRATIONS -- DISAGREEMENTS ON. IMMIGRATION, TRADE, FOREIGN. POLICY. GERMANY'S CONSERVATIVE FD PARTY. -- SCORED A MAJOR VICTORY. THIS WEEK. JOSHUA, WE'VE SEEN, OBVIOUSLY, THE FIRST MOMENTS OF THIS TRIP. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS TRIP?

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GOING TO. BE IN IRELAND FOR ABOUT 48 HOURS. TO DO THE THINGS THAT HE DOES. WHEN SPEAKING WITH FOREIGN. POWERS, ADVANCE THE AMERICAN. INTERESTS IN TRADE AND SECURITY. AND SO ON. AND WITH IRE IN PARTICULAR, THERE'S A SERIES OF ISSUES. IRISH CIVIC LIFE HAS EMBRACED A. SHOCKING DEGREE OF. ANTI-SEMITISM. IRELAND ITSELF HAS BEEN A. SECURITY FREE RIDER FOR A VERY. LONG TIME, AND IT DOES SO WHILE. ADOPTING A POSTURE OF OPPOSITION. TO A LOT OF THE PRIORITIES OF. THE WEST IN GENERAL. SO I THINK THE PRESIDENT'S GOING.

TO HAVE A TALL ORDER AHEAD OF. HIM. GRIFF: AND WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF. THE MESSAGE HE'LL BRING TO. IRELAND, TO DUBLIN, WHEN IT. COMES TO NOT ONLY IMMIGRATION, BUT ALSO THE PUSH THAT YOU'VE. SEEN EUROPE GO SO FAR LEFT, NOW. >> -- IN GERMANY A POPULIST WIN. THERE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT. THIS TRIP UNDERSCORES? >> I THINK SO. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POLITICS ARE. REALLY THE POLITICS OF THE. NATION, CLASSICALLY UNDERSTOOD, AND IN A PLACE LIKE IRELAND AS. IN A LOT OF THE REST OF EUROPE,

THE GOVERNMENTS IN CHARGE HAVE. REALLY BEEN AGAINST THE NATION. BOTH IN EMBRACING MASS. IMMIGRATION AND DENIGRATING. SYMBOLS AND TRADITIONS THAT HAVE. HELD THE NATION TOGETHER FOR A. LONG TIME. AND PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POLITICAL. TRADITION REALLY STANDS AGAINST. THAT. AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SEEING. IN GERMANY WITH AFD WINNING IS A. SIGNAL THAT LOT OF EUROPEAN. ELECTORATES ARE RAKE WITH WAKING. UP TO THIS AND REALIZING THERE. ARE ALTERNATIVES. GRIFF: AND I'M STRUCK, I'M. FASCINATED ACTUALLY, JOSHUA,

WITH THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE THE. PRIME MINISTER, MARTIN, THAT. VISITED THE WHITE HOUSE ON. ST. PATRICK'S DAY AND A GOOD. RELATIONSHIP BY ALL ACCOUNTS, I. THINK, WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. WHEREAS THE CEREMONIOUS. PRESIDENT, CONNOLLY THERE, IS. PRETTY MUCH A PROGRESSIVE, ONCE. CALLED PRESIDENT TRUMP A BULLY. AND HAS VERY STRONG KISS. AGREEMENTS WHEN IT --. DISAGREEMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO. ISSUES LIKE GAZA AND THE WAR IN. THE MIDDLE EAST. >> YOU KNOW, THE IRISH. PRESIDENT'S PREDECESSOR IN. OFFICE JUST LAST YEAR USED A.

HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL TO COMPARE. THE WAR IN GAZA TO THE. HOLOCAUST. YOU WANT A SIGNAL OF HOW FAR. LEFT THE IRISH PRESIDENCY HAS. GONE AND IRISH CIVICS HAVE GONE, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD SIGNAL. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS A VARIETY OF. POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH. FOREIGN LEADERS WHOSE POLICIES. AND CIVICS ARE VERY MUCH. CONTRARY TO YOU ARE -- TO OURS. I THINK IN OPPOSITION TO A LOT. OF KIND OF WHAT SOME OF THE. MEDIA WILL SAY, HE'S A MUCH MORE. EFFECTIVE DIPLOMAT THAT WAY. I THINK HE UNDNDERSTANDS THAT.

GRIFF: IN JUST THE LAST FEW. SECONDS I HAVE LEFT, DO YOU SEE. ANYTHING BEING ACCOMPLISHED ON. TRADE? >> PROBABLY. IRELAND, ULTIMATELY, REQUIRES A. LOT OF THE FOREIGN INVESTMENT. AND FOREIGN TRADE THAT SUSTAINS. ITS ECONOMY ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT. OF A LOT OF THE MISGOVERNANCE. THAT HAS OCCURRED IN IRELAND. THE LEVERAGE IS ALMOST ENTIRELY. ON THE AMERICAN SIDE, AND I. THINK GOOD THINGS WILL COME OF. IT. GRIFF: WE SHALL BE WATCHING, AND. WE ARE TRACKING HIS MOVEMENTS. PERHAPS WE GET SOME REMARKS HERE.