--- ---  # Watch Live: President Trump Speaks at St. Patrick's Day Reception by [Jennifer Calfas](https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/) ## Jennifer Calfas Mar 16, 2017 4:23 PM UTC  U.S. President Donald Trump waits for the arrival of Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny outside the West Wing of the White House March 16, 2017 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump waits for the arrival of Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny outside the West Wing of the White House March 16, 2017 in Washington, DC.Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images by [Jennifer Calfas](https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/) ## Jennifer Calfas Mar 16, 2017 4:23 PM UTC [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4701747/donald-trump-rachel-maddow-taxes/) will speak at the annual [St. Patrick’s Day](http://time.com/4699771/green-irish-st-patricks-day-color/) reception at the [White House](http://time.com/4702728/white-house-easter-egg-roll-lottery-free/) on Thursday, just ahead of the holiday. Trump will be joined by Irish Prime Minister [Enda Kenny](http://time.com/4412381/ireland-prime-minister-enda-kelly-referendum-northern-ireland/) and his wife, Finnuala Kenny, who both came to the White House on Thursday as part of the annual St. Patrick’s Day meeting between the two countries. Kenny also joined Vice President Mike Pence for breakfast Thursday morning, and attended an annual lunch with Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan in the afternoon. The annual St. Patrick’s Day meeting is a longstanding tradition between the U.S. and Ireland, dating back to the 1950s. Trump is scheduled to begin speaking at 6 p.m. Watch the live-stream above to hear Trump’s remarks. St. Patrick's Day: Watch Donald Trump Speak at Reception ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4703792/president-trump-st-patricks-day-watch-live/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4703792/president-trump-st-patricks-day-watch-live/"},"headline":"Watch Live: President Trump Speaks at St. Patrick's Day Reception","datePublished":"2017-03-16T16:23:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:52:58.457Z","description":"Donald Trump will speak at the annual St. Patrick's Day reception in honor of the Prime Minister of Ireland Enda Kenny","url":"https://time.com/4703792/president-trump-st-patricks-day-watch-live/","keywords":["White House","St. Patrick's Day","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb9d68fd6c57cc9a6/6988beadab6d77993a6ad3ef/trump-st-patricks-day.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jennifer Calfas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb9d68fd6c57cc9a6/6988beadab6d77993a6ad3ef/trump-st-patricks-day.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Irish Prime Minister Edna Kenny Arrives To White House To Meet With President Trump","caption":"Irish Prime Minister Edna Kenny Arrives To White House To Meet With President Trump","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4703792/president-trump-st-patricks-day-watch-live/","name":"Watch Live: President Trump Speaks at St. Patrick's Day Reception"}}]}] ```