Why didnt Leo bring his husband to his trump meeting?

lifeandtimes

I've been searching the latest news articles about Leos trip to meet Donald trump and I can't find any pictures of him,His husband and trump and melania.

In all the previous trips the taoiseach brought their partners with them and plenty of pictures are taken.

Maybe I missing something here but this is a picture of trump,melania, Leo and another woman I can't make out.

Why didnt He? It would be a horrible shame if it was becuase they are both men

salmocab

Don’t think he’s married.
His partner has a job, he said at the start that he wouldn’t be going everywhere with him, think he’s a doctor too.

Sonics2k

lifeandtimes wrote: »

I've been searching the latest news articles about Leos trip to meet Donald trump and I can't find any pictures of him,His husband and trump and melania.

In all the previous trips the taoiseach brought their partners with them and plenty of pictures are taken.

Maybe I missing something here but this is a picture of trump,melania, Leo and another woman I can't make out.

Why didnt He? It would be a horrible shame if it was becuase they are both men

Well, yeah. That's kinda obvious.

lifeandtimes

Edit: headline should read why *didn't he bring his partner

salmocab

If your editing the headline it should also read didn’t instead of did

hatrickpatrick

lifeandtimes wrote: »

Edit: headline should read why *didn't he bring his partner

Protip: Double click the row (the blank part next to the text) on the thread list to edit your title. You wouldn't believe how useful this is.

evolving_doors

I dunno Why didn't leo bring his husband to meet Donald Trump?

corner of hells

Maybe his partner has an opinion and decided he didn't want to go , Leo I'd imagine , has to go in his capacity as taoiseach but his partner may find Trump obnoxious and might not want to meet him.

Phoebas

Leo Varadkar isn't married.

If he was married and he did bring his 'husband' then the thread title would be accurate - but the bitterness would still be the same?

lifeandtimes

Phoebas wrote: »

Leo Varadkar isn't married.

If he was married and he did bring his 'husband' then the thread title would be accurate - but the bitterness would still be the same?

What bitterness? No one has shown any bitterness in this thread?

Peatys

lifeandtimes wrote: »

What bitterness? No one has shown any bitterness in this thread?

Bitterness of having to shake hands with Trump.

OldMrBrennan83

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seenitall

I would guess that yes, there is a political element to it, although whether originating from Leo, his partner, or a more generalised "climate" in the office, who knows. I mean, meeting Justin Trudeau was presumably a joyous occasion for both of them, as I would imagine meeting Obama would be... but Trump has Mike Pence as VP, so...

Peregrinus

Varadkar, as others have pointed out, is not married. His partner is currently living in Chicago - he's a surgeon, and has taken a one-year appointment there to broaden his experience. They must have limited time together, and presumably they don't want to spend it all at work-related events. Even before the move to Chicago Leo's partner only occasionally attended state events with Leo.

Tl;dr: Nothin' to see here, folks.

Mountainsandh

I would have thought it's a bit of a grey area whether it's ok to bring along a partner, whether male or female, homosexual or not, to meet POTUS or any heads of state.
Like say, if Francois Hollande had gone for an official visit, would he have brought Valerie Trierweiler ?

sbsquarepants

Well it's clear to me what happened. The bold Leo woke up, still drunk, took a look at the sleeping beauty beside him and thought "Fúcking hell, that's a bloke" he then tip toed out of the room, butt naked, bundled up tuxedo in hand and hopped a taxi to the white house.

To deflect from his little knifey/spooney faux pas he invented a tall tale about fiddling the planning permission for the Donald.

Machiavellian genius that lad is.:D

Peregrinus

Mountainsandh wrote: »

I would have thought it's a bit of a grey area whether it's ok to bring along a partner, whether male or female, homosexual or not, to meet POTUS or any heads of state.
Like say, if Francois Hollande had gone for an official visit, would he have brought Valerie Trierweiler ?

The usual form is that, if you have a conjugal partner, you bring him or her, but not necesarily if it's a non-marital partner, and bringing them might offend public sentiment in your own country or (more important) in the country you are visiting.

If the event is a not just a meeting but a social occasion to which people regularly bring partners - a dinner, a ball, that kind of thing - then a leader who doesn't have a conjugal partner will often bring a relative as a "plus one". Donald Trump, when Melania is in New York, is often accompanied to such events by his daughter Ivanka.

daheff

What if Leos partner does not want the publicity attached to these events? Maybe he decided he didnt want to attend....just cos Leo us Taoiseach doesnt mean he can tell everybody what to do.

salmocab

daheff wrote: »

What if Leos partner does not want the publicity attached to these events? Maybe he decided he didnt want to attend....just cos Leo us Taoiseach doesnt mean he can tell everybody what to do.

Well I think that’s ultimately what happened the guy has a job and doesn’t want to waste his holidays on whistle stop tours meeting dull people

Allinall

Things could have been so different.

“Why the hell are we wasting taxpayers money paying for Leo’s husband to go on a St. Patrick’s weekend junket?”

professore

Leo's partner has a proper career unlike most of the first ladies.

Wanderer78

professore wrote:

Leo's partner has a proper career unlike most of the first ladies.

Are careers all that important in society, should people have the option or not have the option to persue one?

Mr. CooL ICE

Mod: Closed. Because we already have a Leo/Trump thread