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  • He repeatedly took aim at Ireland’s historical low-tax policies, which helped lure US multinationals including Pfizer, Boston Scientific and Eli Lilly to its shores.

    First time Trump has actually taken aim at something worthwhile. Ireland’s antagonistically low corporate tax rate and dodgy tax writeoffs for multinationals robs other countries of taxation used for public services so that Ireland gets just a little more for themselves, it’s a selfish, crappy move by Ireland and I’ve spoken out against it multiple times in the past.

    I don’t think Trump will get it right though. He’ll probably realise sooner or later that his company has an Irish subsidiary for tax reasons.