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Friday 15 March 2019

Come here tourists Trump sharply criticizes British
And dig our cultural scene
it's not too fancy
and this island’s pretty clean leader's handling of Brexit
It ain't no drag…MONDAY
manner, frankly," Trump
WE’RE CLOSED TO CELEBRATE OUR FLAG !!! said. "I hate to see it being,
everything being ripped
In conjunction with Himno y Bandera, Aruba apart right now."
Today will not be published on Monday, March Trump spoke hours before
18th, 2019. We will resume out regular printing British lawmakers voted
schedule on Tuesday, March, 19th, 2019. to delay Brexit for at least
three months. Britain's exit
from the EU had been
scheduled for March 29.
The motion commits May's
President Donald Trump, second from right, talks with, from left, government to seek an ex-
Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, tension until June 30 if Par-
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and Rep. Peter King, D- liament approves a U.K.-EU
N.Y., as he arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March
14, 2019, to have lunch. withdrawal deal next week.
Associated Press Trump predicted later
Thursday that the situation
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE eventually would work it-
Associated Press self out. The president said
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- he and Varadkar discussed
dent Donald Trump on the issue during their Oval
Thursday sharply criticized Office meeting. Varadkar
Britain's handling of nego- opposes Britain's EU exit
tiations over leaving the and expressed concern
European Union, saying the about how such a move
talks have been bungled would affect Northern Ire-
and that the debate was land.
dividing the country. "We talked about Brexit,
"I'm surprised at how badly something that's turning out
it's all gone from the stand- to be a little more complex
point of a negotiation," he than they thought it would
said. be," Trump said at an an-
Trump, who holds himself nual Capitol Hill luncheon
up as a master deal-mak- for the Irish hosted by the
er, said he had given Prime House speaker. "But it'll all
Minister Theresa May his work out. Everything does.
ideas on how she could ne- One way or the other, it's
gotiate a successful deal going to work out."
for leaving the 28-member Varadkar was returning
group of nations. But "she to the White House for an
didn't listen to that and evening reception and the
that's fine. I mean she's got presentation of a bowl of
to do what she's got to do," shamrocks to Trump. The
he said at the White House openly gay prime minister
as he welcomed Irish Prime and his partner, Matthew
Minister Leo Varadkar for Barrett, started the day
an early St. Patrick's Day as the breakfast guests of
celebration. Vice President Mike Pence,
"I think it could have been a conservative Christian
negotiated in a different who opposes gay rights.q