Not everyone\u2019s so pleased with the result of the election in the U S - you might have seen Sammy Wilson, the DUP MP, tweet during the week that \u201cJoe Biden is a parrot for Irish Nationalism and their falsehoods regarding the Belfast Agreement\u201d, while a Tory backbencher highlighted \u201cHis Irish republican sympathies and ignorant comments on Brexit.\u201d\nThis is not the first time, in the long history of 46 US Presidents, that a man in office has caused fear on our neighbouring island. From Washington to Woodrow Wilson, London\u2019s view of what Washington means for Ireland has long been documented.\nListen and subscribe to On The Record with Gavan Reilly\xa0on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\nDownload, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.\n\xa0\xa0 \nYou can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.