Dissing the Donald just doesn’t make sense

Can you imagine the reaction in the Irish Embassy in Washington when word came through that Enda Kenny had described Donald Trump’s remarks as ‘racist and dangerous’ and had encouraged Americans to vote for somebody else?

I have no doubt that ambassador Anne Anderson has been carefully watching Trump’s extraordinary and unexpected progression to becoming the Republican party’s presumptive nominee for November’s presidential election.

Now that the prospect of a Trump presidency is ...