Almost 40 minutes on the button, and just six of those were from the Taoiseach. Despite his best efforts to interject and direct the face-to-face in the Oval...

Almost 40 minutes on the button, and just six of those were from the Taoiseach. Despite his best efforts to interject and direct the face-to-face in the Oval Office to the Irish media’s side of the room, this was Trump 101, with everything from Iran to China to windmills on the US president’s hit list.

Despite intitial complimentary opening remarks from both Donald Trump and Micheál Martin, who leant heavily on the foundational patriotism of the Irish in the early years of the United States in a bid to plámás Mr Trump, the war in the Middle East took centre stage.

Just minutes before Mr Martin sat down with Mr Trump in front of the world media, the US president had launched a salvo on his Truth Social platform at his Nato allies, who have so far refused to help with escorting oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.

On this week’s episode of Indo Politics, Political Editor Mary Regan joins Tabitha Monahan and Cónal Thomas from Washington, where Taoiseach Micheál Martin met with US President Donald Trump for St Patrick’s Day.