Trump to visit Ireland during upcoming Europe trip

U.S. President Donald Trump will visit Ireland during his Europe trip in early June, announced the White House on Tuesday.

US President Donald Trump waves as he walks to Marine One prior to departing from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, May 8, 2019. [File photo: AFP/Saul Loeb]

The president and first lady Melania Trump have accepted the invitation of Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar to visit Ireland, and Trump will hold talks with Varadkar on June 5, said the White House in a statement.

Trump is expected to pay a state visit to Britain on June 3-5, and then travel to France to observe the D-Day anniversary in Normandy on June 6 and meet French President Emmanuel Macron.

On June 6, 1944, allied troops launched a surprise military operation, known as the D-Day Normandy Landings, in which more than 2 million soldiers landed in Normandy, northern France.

The massive operation began to regain German-occupied western Europe and contributed to the victory of the allied forces in World War II.