After Donald Trump’s election victory last year, Kelley Ahern, from Virginia on America’s East Coast, knew she had to get out of the country.

“The first time he came into office, I decided to look into getting my Irish passport,” Ahern, 68, who had Irish grandparents, told The i Paper . By the time she got the document, Trump had been in office for 18 months and it was “pretty clear that as stupid as he was, he didn’t know enough to do any real harm”.

This time around it felt different. After Trump’s first term, Ahern thought Republicans would have a “sour taste” in their mouths from all of his “shenanigans”, especially after the 6 January riot at the US Capitol . New Feature

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