When Donald Trump stood at his Irish golf course and declared that a unified Ireland would be 'fantastic,' he broke with a long tradition of American presidential restraint on one of the most delicate questions in modern European history. The partition of Ireland, the decades of violence it helped produce, and the fragile peace brokered in 1998 have all taught careful observers that this wound does not heal through casual proclamation. Trump's words — offered between tournament rounds and business meetings — remind us that the line between personal interest, political theater, and genuine dipl