Leaders of Northern Ireland's unionist parties criticized US President Donald Trump after he said he would like to see a united Ireland, PA Media reported. "Eventually it will happen" and "it can happen right now." The US president spoke on this topic during a joint speech with Irish Prime Minister Michal Martin, answering a question about the prospects of Irish unification. Later, at the residence of the US ambassador to Ireland, Trump again addressed this issue and called the unification of the island "a very wonderful thing". The statements of the US president caused a sharp reaction among Northern Irish unionists, who are in favor of keeping the region within the United Kingdom. Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Gavin Robinson has said that the constitutional future of Northern Ireland should be decided by its people. rather than by the opinions of politicians in London, Dublin or Washington. According to him, Northern Ireland remains part of Great Britain thanks to the "established democratic will" of its people, and he is confident that the people of the region will continue to choose the United Kingdom. (TUV) leader Jim Allister stated that Trump "is not the first president of the USA to interfere in affairs that do not concern him". According to him, Northern Ireland should not become a card in the conflict between Trump and Great Britain. The leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) John Burroughs accepted the right of the US president to express his opinion, but emphasized Also, the decision on the constitutional future of Northern Ireland rests with its people alone. Under the Belfast Agreement of 1998, the UK government's Minister for Northern Ireland can appoint referendum on the status of the region, if it considers it likely that a majority will vote for union with Ireland. In order to change the constitutional status, it is also necessary that such a change be approved in a referendum held in the Republic of Ireland. Meanwhile, the representative of the Social Democratic and Labor Party, Col. Eastwood, who is known as a critic of Trump, responded to his words with a sarcastic note: "I've always liked him."