US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump told reporters he “loved” the reaction to his comments on Irish unity, as he made his way onto the golf course for the final day of the Irish Open this afternoon in Doonbeg, Co Clare.

The US President reiterated his support for a united Ireland today, telling reporters: “I love my comments.”

He later added that it was “one of the naturals of all time” to “put” Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland together.

He was also unfazed by the response from UK prime minister Andy Burnham.

Asked about Burnham saying there would be no Irish Unity until “majority public support for ‌another ⁠referendum”, Trump said: 

“Everybody says that, and then things happen.” 

He continued: “By the way, I’ve spoken to him. I think he’s a very nice guy. He tends to be on the liberal side, unfortunately.

“The one thing he is going to be doing, I think, he’s going to be stopping the stupid windmills, and he’s going to be drilling in the North Sea. That’s my impression.”

Trump walked the short distance from his hotel to the first tee box just before 2pm this afternoon to watch golfer Shane Lowry tee off.

The competitor is currently leading by four in the race to win the Amgen Irish Open title.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin made his way down to the first tee a short while before the US President, and the pair will spend the afternoon watching the final few hours of the competition before presenting the award to the winner this evening.

Sports minister Patrick O’Donovan and the minister of state for sport Charlie McConalogue are also on site for the day.

As he walked down to the course, Trump told reporters: “I love Irish people.”

When asked by reporters if he was surprised at the reaction to his comments on a united Ireland, the president said: “I love them”.

Before heading to the Irish Open on Saturday, Trump made a whistle-stop political tour in Dublin and sparked a diplomatic row after he said he supported a united Ireland during a press conference with Taoiseach Micheál Martin.

Trump made a brief appearance in the hotel residents’ bar at Doonbeg on Saturday night. 

A reporter with the Press Association recorded people singing Fields of Athenry, chanting ‘USA’ and ‘four more years’ as Trump walked through the bar smiling and waving. 

The president had arrived at the tournament in spectacular fashion earlier that day, with Irish Open attendees treated to an Air Force One fly-by shortly before 2pm ahead of the US President touching down.  

Hundreds of golf fans turned their back on the game as they waited for Trump’s Marine One helicopter to land on the helipad a short distance from where Shane Lowry was putting. 

From there, he and his two sons, Eric and Donald Jnr, made their way to a designated private viewing platform for the US president at the 18th green, where the president spent the rest of the afternoon, engrossed in the golf.

As well as his walk through the hotel’s bar, Trump was to have dinner with Rory McIlroy Saturday night, the golfer confirmed to reporters ahead of the meal.

With additional reporting from Jane Matthews.