Today, President Donald Trump in Dublin said that a conflict between the United Kingdom and Argentina by the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) would be a “potential disaster.”.
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12/09/2026
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Chowever, it was available to solve it, if the help was requested.
After a meeting in Dublin with Irish Prime Minister Michel Martin, Trump said that the islands are “very interesting” and that the United Kingdom and Argentina are currently mutually “irritated”.
Asked about the possibility of a new bilateral conflict, the President of the United States spoke of a potential disaster.
Trump said he believed that he would be called upon to solve it and ensured that he “probably would”.
The Falkland Islands are under the British administration, but their sovereignty is claimed by Argentina.
In a referendum in 2013, 99.8% of the inhabitants voted in favour of their British overseas status.
Also today, the US President said that heating oil prices “will fall dramatically” if the United Kingdom opens the North Sea to oil and gas exploration.
Since the beginning of the war between the US and Iran, heating oil has increased 40% in Ireland.
Trump has been insisting that the UK should exploit North Sea oil to alleviate the energy crisis.
On Friday, Brent oil, a reference in Europe, was quoted at 104.61 dollars a barrel. At the beginning of the week it reached 109 dollars, a maximum since May.

