Donald Trump has said that Ireland has a housing crisis because the country is doing “so well”. The US President was asked about how Ireland would build thousands more homes a year. “You know why they have a housing crisis? Because they’re doing so well, they can’t produce houses fast enough. That’s a good problem, not a bad problem.”

Donald Trump has criticised Ireland for using its tax policies to lure away US companies, as he threatened to escalate his trade war with the EU. Speaking the Oval Office next to the Irish premier, Micheál Martin, he took aim at Ireland’s use of its tax system to attract pharmaceutical and other companies.