Despite their best efforts, Republicans' attempts to embrace St. Patrick's Day haven't exactly gone down a storm.

First there was Donald Trump's green MAGA baseball cap, then there was his failed attempt to share an Irish proverb, and Thursday there was the not-exactly-positive response to Paul Ryan's pint of Guinness.

As expected, Trump kicked off his Friday with a tweet celebrating St Patrick's Day.

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And -- also as expected -- the responses weren't exactly favourable.

It took less than a minute for this one to come in, for instance.

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Soon, others were making a similar point.

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Other people, meanwhile, picked up on the "great Irish friends" part.

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Finally, there was this cheery Irish reply.

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Translation: "Kiss my ass".

Another day, another Twitter fail.