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Trump Participates in an Arrival Ceremony in Dublin, Sep. 12, 2026

September 12, 2026 · The White House · 0:13:42

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What happened

President Donald Trump was received with a formal arrival ceremony in Dublin, Ireland, on September 12, 2026, carried on the White House channel. The ceremony is ceremonial only — military drill, the playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” and of Ireland’s national anthem, “The Soldier’s Song” — with no remarks by the President. It opens the Irish visit whose working events this collection pages the same day: the bilateral meeting with the Taoiseach and the President’s remarks to embassy personnel and business leaders at the ambassador’s residence.

Why it matters

Arrival ceremonies are the formal frame of a state visit; this one marks the official start of the September 2026 Ireland trip, the President’s Doonbeg Irish Open visit conducted as a working state occasion.

Sources: The White House, “President Trump Participates in an Arrival Ceremony, Sep. 12, 2026” (official upload, embedded above; the upload’s description places the ceremony at Dublin, Ireland).

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