Trump says he’s lifting 10% tariff on Irish whiskey: ‘Everyone’s been bugging me’

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President Donald Trump announced he was lifting the U.S.’s 10% tariff on Irish whiskey at the trophy ceremony for the Irish Open.

Trump jokingly complained at the ceremony that everyone had been “bugging” him, including Taoiseach Micheal Martin and golfer Shane Lowry. The tariff had already been reduced from 15% earlier in the year.

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