A Dublin-based museum has made a cheeky pledge to change US President Donald Trump's views on emigration when he visits Ireland next month.
The former reality TV star is due to arrive in the country on Wednesday, June 5 and will spend two nights at his family-owned golf club in Doonbeg, Co Clare.
He is not expected to visit Dublin during his stay but EPIC, the Irish emigration museum, have extended an invitation to Mr Trump to visit them, vowing to change his views on emigration in "less time than it takes to play a round of golf".
Museum bosses published an open letter in the Clare Champion newspaper, vowing to give Mr Trump a different perspective on his often controversial views on emigration.
It read: "Irish emigrants played a huge part in shaping the Manhattan skyline.
"Descendants of Irish emigrants have held your very position in the Oval Office.
"The White House itself was designed by James Hoban, an Irish architect. Your Vice President Mike Pence is the grandson of an Irish emigrant who escaped war and poverty in 1923.
"You might even come across descendants of his great-grandmother, who hailed from Doonbeg.
"Your own family story has been shaped by emigration, when your grandfather Friedrich left Germany at age 16 to pursue opportunity in a new land.
"And the First Lady is another example of how a recent immigrant has made the most of a new opportunity to one day become FLOTUS. Needless to say, our invitation is open to Melania as well."
Mervyn Greene, Managing and Museum Director of EPIC said the offer to President Trump is a sincere one.
He said: “EPIC represents an alternative voice on the global movement of people.
"We have documented the positive impact that Irish emigration has had on the world, and we think it’s time the conversation on emigration changed.
"This invitation goes out to President Trump with sincerity - come experience a different viewpoint on immigration and it might just change your perspective."
President Trump will hold a bilateral meeting with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar when he arrives in Shannon Airport.
The President is in Europe for a state visit to the UK and events commemorating the 75th anniversary of D-Day in the UK and France.
