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US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump is expected to watch the Irish Open with Taoiseach Micheál Martin later today in Doonbeg, Co Clare.

Sports minister Patrick O’Donovan and the Minister of State for Sport Charlie McConalogue will also watch the golf at Trump International Golf Links today.

Before heading to the Irish Open on Saturday, Trump made a whistle-stop political tour in Dublin and sparked a diplomatic row after he said he supported a united Ireland during a press conference with Taoiseach Micheál Martin.

Trump made a brief appearance in the hotel residents’ bar at Doonbeg Saturday night. 

A reporter with the Press Association recorded people singing Fields of Athenry, chanting ‘USA’ and ‘four more years’ as Trump walked through the bar smiling and waving. 

The president, who was flanked by security personnel, stopped to say a few words to punters.

Trump walks through the members bar of his Doonbeg golf resort as he attends the Irish Open. PA / Alamy Stock Photo PA / Alamy Stock Photo / Alamy Stock Photo

The president arrived at the tournament in spectacular fashion Saturday, with Irish Open attendees treated to an Air Force One fly-by shortly before 2pm ahead of the US President touching down. 

Hundreds of golf fans turned their back on the game as they waited for Trump’s Marine One helicopter to land on the helipad a short distance from where Shane Lowry was putting. 

From there, he and his two sons, Eric and Donald Jnr, made their way to a designated private viewing platform for the US president at the 18th green, where the president spent the rest of the afternoon, engrossed in the golf.

As well as his walk through the hotel’s bar, Trump was to have dinner with Rory McIlroy Saturday night, the golfer confirmed to reporters ahead of the meal.