Washington: US President Donald Trump Holds Press Conference with Irish Prime Minister

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00:00We have a news conference of the Prime Minister of the United States of America, Donald Trump, in Washington, D.C.

00:30Hello, Don.

00:31You are definitely Irish, Don McGahn.

00:34You are definitely an Irishman, there's no question about that.

00:37But you never give up.

00:38We will never give up, ever, right?

00:40For the young ones, ever.

00:42Because you never know what's going to happen, you know?

00:44Just a little bit more effort, and you get there.

00:47Look at what happened to me.

00:49A lot of people said this was not a possibility.

00:52They said that was going to be a tough race, and we won in a landslide.

00:59And let's keep it that way, right?

01:02We're having a great time bringing our country back, and bringing it back at a level that

01:06people had no idea was going to take place this rapidly, this quickly.

01:11And a lot of our people that are secretaries and the people working in the administration

01:14are here, and they're doing a fantastic job.

01:17So I want to thank all of you.

01:19Five blocks east of where we are today, that spirit once helped save the very heart of

01:24the city's Irish-American community.

01:26You all know about it.

01:28During the War of 1812, British forces rampaged through the streets of Washington, burning

01:33every building in their path.

01:35Every single building was being burned down.

01:38Almost every one fled, but not Father William Matthews of St. Patrick's Church, which was

01:45built to serve the Irish workers who came to build the Capitol and the White House.

01:49They were building the White House, and they formed a great bond.

01:53And they were doing the pretty, pretty important buildings, the White House and the Capitol.

01:58I would say that's about as good as it gets.

02:00As the fire spread, the priest and the group of his parishioners said that we're just going

02:06to have to barricade ourselves in.

02:08We're going to have to do something because it's really bad.

02:11It's really dangerous in here.

02:13And inside the church, they climbed to the roof, armed with only buckets of water.

02:17That's the only thing they had.

02:18And the other thing they had was faith in God.

02:21They had a big faith in God.

02:23They said, God will never do this to us.

02:25Risking their lives, they defended the church, and more than two centuries later, St. Patrick's

02:31still stands as a beautiful testament to their incredible resolve and bravery.

02:35And the patron saint of the Emerald Isle, and that's what it is, St. Patrick.

02:42So we have St. Patrick's Day, and we...