Donald Trump is to visit Ireland in November to “renew the deep and historic ties between our two nations", the White House has announced. 

The US president will visit during a trip to Europe that will see him join commemorations for the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War in France. 

Mr Trump owns a golf course in Ireland – the Trump International Golf Links at Doonbeg – and has often talked fondly about the country. 

He hosted the Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar and sported a green tie to celebrate St Patrick’s Day last year, following a tradition started by his predecessors. 

Details of the president’s schedule are yet to be announced. He will be in France on November 11 – 100 years to the day since the armistice ending fighting in the First World War was signed. 

Mr Trump will be following in the footsteps of past US presidents when he visits Ireland. 

Barack Obama took a trip to the country in 2011. During his four-day visit he poured a pint of Guinness and at one point told the crowds: “I’m Barack Obama , from the Moneygall Obamas.”

Mr Trump talked about his relationship with Mr Varadkar, the Irish leader, when the pair together commemorated St Patrick’s Day last March in Washington DC. 

Mr Trump joked to the Irish prime minister: "I look forward to seeing you often. Whenever you got a problem, we’ll solve it – except for trade."

He went on: “They got those taxes so low [in Ireland]. You’re a tough one to compete with, with the taxes."

Mr Trump’s European trip will be followed by a visit to South America. He will attend the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina and later travel to Columbia to talk about security and the war on drugs.