"I’m Joe Biden and I’m Irish"
The News Agents
Global
4.1 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 12 April 2023
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
We've been told off-record that Joe Biden might be Irish.
Obviously, unattributable. So keep it under your hat.
He's the latest in a long line of US Presidents who feels the pull of the Emerald Isle very strongly and traces his ancestry back there by 180 years. But he begins the day in Belfast - reflecting on the Good Friday peace accord 25 years ago.
But can he get power-sharing back on track? Or is he too scared to even mention it?
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:08.1 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:12.1 | In case you hadn't noticed, Joe Biden is in Ireland. |
| 0:17.3 | Not the first president to go there, won't be the last, |
| 0:28.2 | because claiming Irish heritage is so important back in the US of A. |
| 0:43.3 | When my great-grandfather left here to become a Cooper in East Boston, he carried nothing with him except two things. A strong religious faith and a strong desire for liberty. |
| 0:51.3 | Like the seeds of the Shamrock, Ireland has scattered its sons and daughters to the |
| 0:57.0 | four winds. Even the White House has not been exempt from Ireland's spell. |
| 1:03.0 | Many of our presidents trace their roots to Ireland, and I'm proud to trace mine to |
| 1:07.0 | Ballypourine in County to Prairie. |
| 1:10.0 | There have been many presidents of the United States who had their roots in this soil. |
| 1:17.7 | I can see today how lucky I am to be the first president of the United States to come back to |
| 1:23.7 | this city to say thank you very much. |
| 1:27.5 | The colors of the American flag, of course, are red, white and green. |
| 1:32.6 | And there is much talk of the diaspora, of the Irish that have fled Ireland and started |
| 1:38.1 | their new lives in America. |
| 1:41.2 | So you just heard from Kennedy, from Reagan, from Clinton, and even this guy. |
| 1:47.3 | And I've come home to find the apostrophe that we lost somewhere along the way. |
| 1:54.1 | Barack Obama. Welcome to the news agents. |
| 1:58.5 | Mr. Biden, who was the BBC? The BBC, Am I. |
| 2:05.6 | The Newsagents. |
| 2:08.0 | It's John. |
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