Biden Loves Ireland. It Doesn’t Love Him Back.
If there’s one thing Irish people know about President Biden, it’s that he’s one of us. He says so all the time. “Remember”, he recalls his grandfather saying, “the best drop of blood in you is Irish”. He has a habit of quoting the poet Seamus Heaney and never lets an opportunity to recall his origins go to waste. His Secret Service code name, tellingly, is Celtic.
So when he visited Ireland last year, it felt like a homecoming. “Today you are amongst friends because you are one of us”, the speaker of Parliament announced before Mr. Biden addressed Irish lawmakers.… Seguir leyendo »