The craic wasn’t all good at the White House Wednesday, as President Trump hosted Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin in the Oval Office — and used the pre-St. Patrick’s Day meeting to attack the European Union over trade and defend his market-rattling tariff policies.

President Trump touted better-than-expected inflation numbers Wednesday, as the trade war is escalating. Canada and the European Union announced new tariffs on U.S. goods after Trump’s sweeping tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports went into effect.