# UK breakup push escalates after Trump backs Irish reunification

https://mins.news/en/item/58559

- Fox News, 2026-09-15 00:41 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.foxnews.com/world/uk-breakup-push-escalates-historic-pact-trump-backs-reunification-ireland

> The leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland urged the British government to prepare for and facilitate constitutional changes that could break up the United Kingdom. Their declaration in Cardiff followed Donald Trump’s repeated support for Irish reunification and was accompanied by a memorandum seeking greater self-determination and cooperation among the three nations.

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