First Lady Melania Trump has sparked a fierce cultural backlash after using a four-leaf clover emoji in a St. Patrick's Day post, a move Irish critics say 'devalues' their national symbol.
The short Instagram video, posted on 17 March 2026, featured the White House fountain running green, but the choice of a lucky clover over the three-leaf shamrock, sacred to the Holy Trinity, landed like a 'lead balloon' across the Atlantic.
