Trump Lifts 10% Irish Whiskey Tariff After Getting Asked Nicely by Golfer and PM

KEY POINTS

•President Trump announced on September 9, 2026, at the Irish Open in Dallas that he would remove a 10% tariff on Irish whiskey.
•The tariff, imposed in February as part of a temporary global tariff, affected major Irish whiskey exports to the U.S., the industry's biggest market.
•Trump said he made the decision after the Irish prime minister and golfer Shane Lowry asked him to remove the tariff to help trade relations.

On September 9, 2026, at the Irish Open in Dallas's very appropriate American Airlines Center, President Donald Trump announced the removal of his very serious 10% tariff on Irish whiskey. This tariff, slapped on in February as part of his 'temporary global tariff' scheme, apparently caused chaos not just in whiskey-loving Ireland —– a country whose 45-50% Irish whiskey export sales directly hit the U.S. market — but even hurled the whiskey barrel into Kentucky and Tennessee's jug liquor trade. Shawn Lowry, a golfer (because who better?) and the Irish Prime Minister merely asked him nicely, and boom—the tariff vanished. Trump credited the crowd's wild cheers and a polite 'Hey, can you do us a favor?' for this swift reversal. Irish whiskey brands like Jameson, Bushmills, Tullamore D.E.W., and Redbreast breathed a malt-scented sigh of relief. If only all international trade wars ended with a golf swing and a please.