Trump 'MAKES WAVES' in Ireland on 'deeply divided' topic

GRIFF: YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S REMARKS AT THE. U.S. AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE IN. DUBLIN, IRELAND. A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS HE TALKED. ABOUT TOEN INCLUDE A VERY. SQUEAKY TENT. THE WIND WAS BLOWING THERE. PRETTY HARD AND AT ONE POINT THE. PRESIDENT SAYING I THINK THIS. THING'S COME -- COMING DOWN. CHARLIE: WE WENT IN WITH LEE. GREENWOOD, AND WE'RE GOING OUT. WITH SOME VILLAGE PEOPLE TO.

ALMOST LIKE A TYPICAL TRUMP. SPEECH STATESIDE. HE TALKED ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM. THE ECONOMY HERE IN THE UNITED. STATES TO TRADE WITH IRELAND AND. WARNING EUROPE ABOUT WHAT. THEY'RE DOING TO THEMSELVES WITH. IMMIGRATION. RACHEL: HE'S ON HIS WAY TO THE. GOLF COURSE FOR THIS. CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT THAT'S. HAPPENING. BY THE WAY, FUN FACT, YOU GUYS, HE WANTS TO BUILD A BALLROOM. HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE. WHITE HOUSE? HE ALSO WANTS TO BUILD A.

BALLROOM AT DOONEBEG. AND THEY'RE BLOCKING HIM BECAUSE. OF AN ENDANGERED SNAIL. SO HE'S DEALING WITH THAT AS. WELL. LISTEN, THE BIGGEST NEWS, I. THINK, OF COURSE, IS TRUMP. ALLUDING TO UNIFICATION OF. IRELAND, SORT OF DROPPING THAT. LITTLE --. [LAUGHTER]. SOME WOULD SAY BOMB THERE IN THE. MIDDLE OF THAT ROOM. AND THAT'S, I THINK WHEN, AT THE. END OF THE DAY, THAT'S GOING TO. BE A BIG, A BIG STORY. BUT, OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO.

ASK ALEX HOGAN WHAT THE REACTION. WAS TO THAT AS WELL. LET'S BRING IN ALEX HOGAN LIVE. IN DUBLIN. ALEX. >> Reporter: HEY, GOOD. MORNING. YEAH. SO QUITE A SPEECH THAT WE JUST. HEARD THE PRESIDENT WRAP UP. THOSE REMARKS. THE U.S. AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE. AND REALLY SPEAKING TO A. MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT TOPICS, ESPECIALLY TRADE TECHS AND THE. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN -- TENSIONS. AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE. U.S. AND IRELAND BECAUSE BECAUSE. OF THE ECONOMIC FOOTPRINT THAT. THE U.S. HAS HERE, THE U.S. HAS.

OVER A THOUSAND COMPANIES THAT. ARE BASED HERE AND EMPLOYS. ROUGHLY 250,000 IRISH RESIDENTS. IN THE WORK FORCE, THAT'S ABOUT. 0% OF THE WORK FORCE. -- 10%. IT'S A MASSIVE FOOTPRINT AND ONE. WE HEARD THE PRIME MINISTER SAY, AGAIN, JUST HOW IMPORTANT THAT. RELATIONSHIP IS. DESPITE SOME OF THESE TECHS, THAT'S LIKELY THE EFFORT OF. IRISH POLITICIANS TODAY, TO TRY. TO CREATE SOME MORE FRIENDSHIP. AND SOFTEN THE RELATIONSHIP. THERE. AS YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THE BIG.

HEADLINES COMING HOW OF WHAT WE. HEARD THE PRESIDENT SAY TODAY, THOSE COMMENTS ABOUT IRISH. REUNIFICATION DEFINITELY. CREATING SOME WAVES HERE. THE PRESIDENT SAID HE WOULD LOVE. TO SEE THE REUNIFICATION OF. IRELAND. TO BRING OUR VIEWERS BACK TO. UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE OF. WHAT THAT MEANS, THE TROUBLES. WERE ROUGHLY A 30-YEAR PERIOD OF. TIME MORE THAN 35000 PEOPLE DIEO. IT'S A DEEPLY DIVIDED TOPIC, ONE. THAT'S INCREDIBLY EMOTIONALLY.

CHARGED. WE'RE ALREADY SEEING SOME. REACTION, THE U.K. GOVERNMENT. ISSUED A PROMISE, THE PRIME. MINISTER, SAYING THERE IS NO. MAJORITY PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR ANY. REFERENCE, DUMB. UNTIL THAT CHANGES, THERE WILL. NOT -- REFERENDUM. SO THAT'S THE REACTION WE'RE. SEEING AT THIS POINT. BUT THE PRESIDENT ALSO WADING. INTO A RANGE OF OTHER TOPICS. HE TALKED ABOUT MILITARY. EQUIPMENT THAT OTHER COUNTRIES. ARE TRYING TO BUY. HE TALKED ABOUT THE WAR IN IRAN, SAYING THAT THERE IS PROGRESS. BEING MADE THERE. HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT DOMESTIC.

ISSUES SAYING THAT CRIME ACROSS. THE COUNTRY IS DOWN, AND HE ALSO. TALKED ABOUT THE SOUTHERN BORDER. AS WELL, TALKING ABOUT THE. NUMBER OF CROSSINGS SAYING THAT. THAT IS AT A RECORD LOW. HE ALSO SAYS THAT IRAN IS BEHIND. THE ATTACK ON THAT PIPELINE IN. SAUDI ARABIA, SO CREATING A LOT. OF DIFFERENT HEADLINES AS IT. PERTAINS TO THE ECONOMY HERE, TRADE RELATIONS. OF COURSE, IRELAND'S FOREIGN. POLICY STANDPOINT. IRELAND IS AN INCREDIBLY NEUTRAL. COUNTRY, SO THAT COMES AT A TIME. OF THE U.S. BEING INVOLVED IN.

THESE DIFFERENT FOREIGN. CONFLICTS AND HOW POLITICIANS. HERE SAY THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO. DISSUADE FROM THAT BEING. NORMALIZED. SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS TAKING. PLACE, OF COURSE, AS THE. PRESIDENT HEADS TO A COMPLETELY. DIFFERENT KIND OF EVENT. HE WILL BE GOING TO THE IRISH. OPEN WHICH IS AT HIS OWN GOLF. COURSE. SO HE WILL NOT BE PLAGUE, WE. DON'T EXPECT TO SEE HIM TEE OFF, BUT WE WILL EXPECT HIM TO. ATTENDED. HE COULD EVEN BE GIVING THE. TROPHY OUT TOMORROW. BACK TO YOU. CHARLIE: ALEX, AS YOU.

POINTEDDOUS -- OUT, YOU'VE GOT. GOVERNMENT REACTION FROM. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S COMMENTS ABOUT. REUNIFICATION, BUT DO YOU GET. THE SENSE THAT NORMAL IRISH. PEOPLE HAD AN IMMEDIATE REACTION. TO THAT? >> Reporter: I THINK HEARING. THOSE COMMENTS WOULD BE HOCKING. TO PEOPLE HERE. I THINK -- SHOCKING. I THINK THERE IS POTENTIALLY THE. HOPE THAT THOSE WERE COMMENTS. THAT WERE MADE AS A JOKE. WE DID HEAR THE PRESIDENT. ADDRESS HIS EARLIER COMMENTS. WHEN HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE U.S. AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE SAYING. EITHER WAY YOU ANSWER A QUESTION.

ABOUT REUNIFICATION, THERE'S NOT. A GREAT WAY TO DO THAT. IN THAT ORIGINAL COMMENT, THE. PRESIDENT SAYS HE DOESN'T KNOW. HOW THAT WOULD LAND. I CAN IMAGINE THAT IS NOT GOING. TO LAND WELL FOR PEOPLE HERE. BUT, AGAIN, THERE IS THAT. POTENTIAL HOPE THAT THIS WAS. JUST AN OFF THE CUFF COMMENT. GRIFF: ALEX, YOU MENTIONED. TRADE, AND TRADE IS A PART OF, OBVIOUSLY, THIS VISIT. >> Reporter: YEAH. GRIFF: BUT IN READING FROM IRISH. POOL REPORTS, IT LOOKS LIKE. THERE WERE SOME PRETTY. SIGNIFICANT HEAVY HITTERS EVEN.

IN THE FRONT ROOM OF THOSE. REMARKS. DEN DENNIS O'BRIEN, AND, BY THE. WAY, A LOT OF BUSINESS DEALS GET. DONE ON OR NEAR GOLF COURSES. IS THERE A SENSE THAT THERE MAY. BE SOME ACTUAL TRADE DEADLINES. THAT WE LEARN ABOUT? >> Reporter: I THINK THAT'S TO. DEFINITELY THE HOPE FOR. POLITICIANS HERE ON THE GROUND. DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE. PRESIDENT WAS INVITED TO THE. IRISH OPEN BY THE PRIME. MINISTER, THAT THERE IS THE. HOPE9 AND THE GOAL THAT BY. HAVING PRESIDENT TRUMP HERE,

THERE WOULD BE MORE TRADE. AGREEMENTS AND THAT THERE COULD. BE MORE BUSINESS DONE. AS YOU MENTIONED, WHETHER THAT. HAPPENS ON THE GOLF COURSE OR. NOT, THAT IS TO BE SEEN AND, HOPEFULLY, A LOT OF PROGRESS. COULD COME OUT OF THESE. CONVERSATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE. TODAY BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND THE PRESIDENT HERE AS WELL. AS THE PRIME MINISTER. BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE IS A. HUGE ECONOMIC IMPACT BETWEEN. THESE TWO COUNTRIES. WE HEARD SOME STATS FROM THE. PRESIDENT IN THOSE COMMENTS. TODAY, HE TALKED ABOUT THE. OVERALL RELATIONSHIP. HE SAID THAT IN, LET ME PULL.

THIS UP RIGHT HERE. IRELAND IS THE LARGEST SOURCE OF. FOREIGN -- SIXTH LARGEST SOURCE. OF DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN. THE UNITED STATES, SO THAT IS A. MASSIVE IMPACT. WE'RE NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE. FOOTPRINT HERE OF AMERICAN. BUSINESSES THAT HAVE MOVED HERE. BECAUSE OF THE TAX INCENTIVES, BUT ALSO THE TRADE RELATIONS. BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE U.S. IT IS WORTH NOTING HERE, I'VE. GOT THIS BEAUTIFUL VIEW BEHIND. ME, BUT YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE. SOME OF THE CRANES BEHIND ME AS. WELL JUST BECAUSE OF THE QUICK.

DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'VE SEEN HERE. IN IRELAND, IN DUBLIN. SPECIFICALLY IN THE LAST 15. YEARS WITH SO MANY AMERICAN. COMPANIES MOVING HERE BECAUSE OF. THOSE TAX INCENTIVES. SO THE LANDSCAPE REALLY HAS. CHANGED HERE A LOT IN THE LAST. 15 IS YEARS. IT'S MAINLY PHARMACEUTICAL. COMPANIES THAT ARE COME HERE. AND, AGAIN, HUGE TAX INCENTIVES, A LOT OF TRADE. AND I IMAGINE THAT WE'LL SEE. MORE COMING OUT IN THE DAYS TO. FOLLOW AFTER T.