The US leader was both challenging and sensitive, writes our Ireland correspondent Chris Page.
US President Joe Biden's task was to sum up the achievements of the 25 years since the Good Friday peace deal against a backdrop of all-too-frequent political instability in Belfast.
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson of the Democratic Unionist Party said the president had made clear he hadn't come to "interfere" and that Mr Biden had "recognised the need to bring balance to what he had to say". The president's overriding message was that the US remained committed to Northern Ireland and was ready to invest.
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